Alaba lucida

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

Alaba lucida 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 shell is raised-conical, sub-turreted, solid, and transparent. It has 6.5 flat, overlapping, and very smooth whorls with a spirally striated base. The aperture is ovate, anteriorly produced and effuse, with an outer lip that has a thickened margin. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan. [2]

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References

  1. Alaba lucida 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 .