Alia carinata | |
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Six shells of Alia carinata showing variability | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Alia |
Species: | A. carinata
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Binomial name | |
Alia carinata (
Hinds, 1844)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Alia carinata, common name the carinate dove shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]
This species is found in the Eastern Pacific, from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.
The adult size of the shell of this species of dove snail can be between 6 mm and 10 mm in length. [2] The body whorl is sometimes carinate (having a pronounced keel), sometimes less so, and sometimes not at all. The shell color is quite variable; it can also be one uniform color or patterned with two shades of color.
Alia carinata | |
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Six shells of Alia carinata showing variability | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Columbellidae |
Genus: | Alia |
Species: | A. carinata
|
Binomial name | |
Alia carinata (
Hinds, 1844)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Alia carinata, common name the carinate dove shell, is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. [1]
This species is found in the Eastern Pacific, from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.
The adult size of the shell of this species of dove snail can be between 6 mm and 10 mm in length. [2] The body whorl is sometimes carinate (having a pronounced keel), sometimes less so, and sometimes not at all. The shell color is quite variable; it can also be one uniform color or patterned with two shades of color.