Alaba inflata

Alaba inflata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Litiopidae
Genus:	Alaba
Species:	A. inflata
Binomial name
	Alaba inflata; A. Adams, 1862

Alaba inflata 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 ventricose. It is almost translucent and horn-colored, with a violet apex. It has 4½ flat whorls. These are very finely striated transversely. The large body whorl is inflated. The aperture is ovate and slightly angular anteriorly, with an arched outer lip and a thin-edged inner lip.^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.^[2]

References

^ Alaba inflata 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 inflata 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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