Alaba leucosticta
| Alaba leucosticta | |
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| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Mollusca | 
| Class: | Gastropoda | 
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda | 
| Family: | Litiopidae | 
| Genus: | Alaba | 
| Species: | A. leucosticta 
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| Binomial name | |
| Alaba leucosticta (A. Adams, 1861) 
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| Synonyms | |
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 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
- ^ a b Alaba leucosticta (A. Adams, 1861). 2024-07-07. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
 - ^ 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): 299–309. Retrieved 6 July 2024. 
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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. 1–749.