Alaba imbricata

Alaba imbricata
Scientific classification
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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.^[2]

References

^ Alaba imbricata A. Adams, 1862. 2024-07-06. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
^ ^a ^b 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[WoRMS-1] Alaba imbricata A. Adams, 1862. 2024-07-06. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.

[A._Adams-2] 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.

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