Alaba inflata
Appearance
Alaba inflata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Litiopidae |
Genus: | Alaba |
Species: | A. inflata
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Binomial name | |
Alaba inflata A. Adams, 1862
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Alaba inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.[1]
Description
[edit](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
[edit]This marine species occurs off Japan.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Alaba inflata 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.
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