Alaba felina
| Alaba felina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Litiopidae |
| Genus: | Alaba |
| Species: | A. felina
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| Binomial name | |
| Alaba felina A. Adams, 1862
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Alaba felina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.[1]
Description[edit]
(Original description in Latin) The solid shell is ovate-conical. it is transparent and is adorned with longitudinal oblique red flames. It has 5 flat, smooth whorls, an almost square aperture, a straight outer lip, and a thickened inner lip. [2]
Distribution[edit]
This marine species occurs off Japan. [2]
References[edit]
- ^ Alaba felina A. Adams, 1862. 2024-07-06. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ a b Adams, A. (1862). "On the animal and affinities of the genus Alaba, with a review of the known species, and descriptions of some new species". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (10 (58)): 293–299. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Yao, Japan: Elle Scientific Publications. pp. 1–749.
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