Alaba leucosticta

Alaba leucosticta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: incertae sedis
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
Species:
A. leucosticta
Binomial name
Alaba leucosticta
(A. Adams, 1861)
Synonyms

Diala leucosticta A. Adams, 1861 (original combination

Alaba leucosticta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.[1]

Description

(Original description in Latin) The solid shell is ovate-conical. It is semi-translucent white, adorned with a series of milky spots at the sutures and periphery. It has 6 convex whorls with margined sutures and a spirally striated base. The aperture is oblong, and the outer lip is arched and thickened.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off China.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Alaba leucosticta (A. Adams, 1861). 2024-07-07. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. โ†‘ Adams, A. (1861). "On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (8): 299โ€“309. Retrieved 6 July 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Further reading

  • Higo, S.; Callomon, P.; Goto, Y. (1999). Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan. Yao, Japan: Elle Scientific Publications. pp. 1โ€“749.