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Alaba inflata

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Alaba inflata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
Species:
A. inflata
Binomial name
Alaba inflata
A. Adams, 1862

Alaba inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.[1]

Description

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(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is ovate-conical and ventricose. It is almost translucent and horn-colored, with a violet apex. It has 4½ flat whorls. These are very finely striated transversely. The large body whorl is inflated. The aperture is ovate and slightly angular anteriorly, with an arched outer lip and a thin-edged inner lip.[2]

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Alaba inflata A. Adams, 1862. 2024-07-06. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ 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. Public Domain 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)