Alaba (gastropod)
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| Alaba | |
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| Shell of Alaba culliereti (specimen in the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Litiopidae |
| Genus: | Alaba H. & A. Adams, 1853 |
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Alaba is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Litiopidae.[1]
(Original description) The elongated shell is turreted. It is smooth and semi-translucent, with whorls that occasionally feature a few irregular varices. They often have fine axial ribs or striations. The outer lip is thin and simple, while the ovate aperture is slightly emarginate at the anterior end.[2]
Distribution
Alaba is a cosmopolitan genus, but mostly distributed in shallow tropical and subtropical seas in coral reefs, rocky substrates, and seagrass beds.[3]
