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Alaba guayaquilensis
Shell of Alaba guayaquilensis (specimen at the Smithsonian Institution)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
Species:
A. guayaquilensis
Binomial name
Alaba guayaquilensis
Bartsch, 1928

Alaba guayaquilensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 8.1 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Ecuador.

References

  • Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). "Moluscos del Perú". Revista de Biologia Tropical. 51 (supplement 3): 225–285.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  • Keen, A. M. (1971). Sea Shells of Tropical West America. Marine mollusks from Baja California to Peru (2 ed.). Stanford University Press. xv. pp. 1–1064.