Alaba felina
Appearance
Alaba felina | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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.
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