Alaba pulchra explained

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

Description

(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. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia, Tasmania and Victoria.^[2]

References

• Cotton . B.C. . New Species and Records of Mollusca from South Australia. . Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia . 1953 . 76 . 21–26.

Notes and References

1. Adams . A. . 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. 1862 . 3 . 10 (58) . 293–299 . 6 July 2024.
2. Web site: Alaba pulchra . Australian Faunal Directory . Australian Government.