Alaba leucosticta
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| Alaba leucosticta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Family: | Litiopidae |
| Genus: | Alaba |
| Species: | A. leucosticta |
| Binomial name | |
| Alaba leucosticta (A. Adams, 1861) | |
| 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]
(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]
