Alaba leucosticta

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Alaba leucosticta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
Species:
A. leucosticta
Binomial name
Alaba leucosticta
(A. Adams, 1861)
Synonyms

Diala leucostictaA. Adams, 1861 (original combination

Contents

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

Description

(Original description in Latin) The solid shell is ovate-conical. It isand semi-translucent white, adorned with a series of milky spots at the sutures and periphery. It has 6 convex whorls with margined sutures and a spirally striated base. The aperture is oblong, and the outer lip is arched and thickened. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off China. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Alaba leucosticta (A. Adams, 1861) . 2024-07-07. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  2. Adams, A. (1861). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (8): 299–309. Retrieved 6 July 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

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