Alaba leucosticta explained

Alaba leucosticta is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.

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.^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off China.

Further reading

• Book: Higo . S. . Callomon . P. . Goto . Y. . Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan . 1999 . Elle Scientific Publications . Yao, Japan . 1–749.

Notes and References

1. Adams . A. . On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan. . Annals and Magazine of Natural History . 1861 . 3 . 8 . 299–309 . 6 July 2024.