Alaba zebrina
| Alaba zebrina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Litiopidae |
| Genus: | Alaba |
| Species: | A. zebrina |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaba zebrina A. Adams, 1862 | |
Alaba zebrina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.[1]
Description
(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is ovate-conical and imperforate. It has a white surface ornamented by longitudinal undulating red-brown stripes. It has 6½ flat whorls that are strongly and regularly furrowed transversely, occasionally exhibiting obsolete longitudinal varices. The sutures are impressed and adorned with a series of spots. The aperture is ovate and slightly produced anteriorly, with a curved outer lip that has a simple, sharp edge. [2]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.
References
- ^ Alaba zebrina A. Adams, 1862. 2024-07-09. 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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