Alaba pulchra is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.[1]
| Alaba pulchra | |
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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. pulchra
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| Binomial name | |
| Alaba pulchra A. Adams, 1862
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| Synonyms | |
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Alaba coma Cotton, 1953 | |
Description
edit(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is ovate-conical. It is semi-opaque, with a dirty white base color adorned with spots, dots, longitudinal flames, and transverse red lines. It has 7 flat, overlapping whorls that are nodosely plicate at the sutures. The aperture is ovate, with a thin, arched outer lip that is not truncated, and a simple, sharp inner lip. [2]
Distribution
editThis marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.[3]
References
edit- ^ Alaba pulchra 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.
- ^ "Alaba pulchra". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government.
- Cotton, B.C. (1953). "New Species and Records of Mollusca from South Australia". Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 76: 21–26.