Alaba inflata | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Litiopidae |
Genus: | Alaba |
Species: | A. inflata
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Binomial name | |
Alaba inflata A. Adams, 1862
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Alaba inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae. [1]
(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is ovate-conical and ventricose. It is almost translucent and horn-colored, with a violet apex. It has 4½ flat whorls. These are very finely striated transversely. The large body whorl is inflated. The aperture is ovate and slightly angular anteriorly, with an arched outer lip and a thin-edged inner lip. [2]
This marine species occurs off Japan. [2]
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Alaba inflata | |
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Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Family: | Litiopidae |
Genus: | Alaba |
Species: | A. inflata
|
Binomial name | |
Alaba inflata A. Adams, 1862
|
Alaba inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae. [1]
(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is ovate-conical and ventricose. It is almost translucent and horn-colored, with a violet apex. It has 4½ flat whorls. These are very finely striated transversely. The large body whorl is inflated. The aperture is ovate and slightly angular anteriorly, with an arched outer lip and a thin-edged inner lip. [2]
This marine species occurs off Japan. [2]
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cite book}}
: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)