The name, given to the snail by malacologist Alan Solem, is the last word in many species dictionaries, just after Zyzzyx; however, they both, in fact, precede Zyzzyzus.
Senna alata | Lophira alata | ''Lophira alata'' used as the pavement of wooden footbridge in Wrocław | Jean-Paul Alata | Alata, Corse-du-Sud | Alata |