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Alaba hungerfordi

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Alaba hungerfordi
Drawing of a shell of Alaba hungerfordi (holotype)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
Species:
A. hungerfordi
Binomial name
Alaba hungerfordi
G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
Synonyms

Diffalaba hungerfordi (G. B. Sowerby III, 1894)

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

Description

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan; also off Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. [2]

References

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  1. ^ Alaba hungerfordi G. B. Sowerby III, 1894. 2024-07-10. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
  2. ^ "Alaba hungerfordi". Gbif. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  • Hasegawa, K. (2017). Family Litiopidae. Page 794, in: T. Okutani (ed.) Marine Mollusks in Japan (2 ed.). Tokai University Press. pp. 1–1375.
  • Ueng Y.-T. & Wang J.-P (2006). "Alaba hungerfordi , new record of Litiopidae (Gastropoda: Discopoda) from Taiwan". Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan. 30: 27–30.
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