Alaba zebrina explained

Alaba zebrina 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 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. ^[1]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and the Philippines.

References

• 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 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.