Alaba felina

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Alaba felina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
Species:
A. felina
Binomial name
Alaba felina
A. Adams, 1862

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

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Description

(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

This marine species occurs off Japan. [2]

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References

  1. Alaba felina A. Adams, 1862 . 2024-07-06. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. 1 2 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.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .