Alaba zebrina

Alaba zebrina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[WoRMS-1] Alaba zebrina A. Adams, 1862. 2024-07-09. 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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