Alaba subangulata

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

Alaba subangulata 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 thin shell is ovate-conical. It is green, interrupted by transverse rufescent lines and adorned with irregular rufescent spots at the sutures. It features flat whorls that are frequently transversely furrowed and become slightly angular at the periphery. The aperture is square-circular, produced and shed in front, with a thin, straight outer lip. The edge of the inner lip is bluntly angled in the middle. [2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

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References

  1. Alaba subangulata A. Adams, 1862 . 2024-07-09. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
  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 .