| Alaba imbricata | |
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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. imbricata |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaba imbricata A. Adams, 1862 | |
Alaba imbricata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.
Description
(Original description in Latin) The shell is elevated-conical and sub-turreted. It is semi-opaque white, sporadically tinged with red. It features 7 flat, overlapping whorls with distant, longitudinal folds, that form varices, and transverse furrows. The aperture is subcircular, with a thin, arched outer lip that is scarcely effuse and has a thickened margin.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan.
References
- Alaba imbricata A. Adams, 1862. 2024-07-06. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ 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.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Yao, Japan: Elle Scientific Publications. pp. 1–749.
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| Alaba imbricata | |