{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Alaba cornea | authority = (A. Adams, 1861) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = ''Diala cornea'' <small>A. Adams, 1861</small> (original combination }}
'''''Alaba cornea''''' is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.<ref name="WoRMS">{{WRMS species|754056|''Alaba cornea'' (A. Adams, 1861)|2024-07-06}}</ref>
==Description== (Original description in Latin) The shell is ovate-conical and semi-opaque with a horny texture. It features fine transverse striations and has 4½ convex whorls with rufescent sutures. The apex is tinged with a rufous color. The aperture is oblong, and the columella is straight and colored red. The lips are often tinted with red as well.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Adams |first1=A. |title=On some new genera and species of Mollusca from the north of China and Japan. |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History |date=1861 |volume=3 |issue=8 |pages=299–309 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15602328 |access-date=6 July 2024}} {{source-attribution}}</ref>
==Distribution== This marine species occurs off China.<ref name="WoRMS" />
==References== {{reflist}} * {{cite book |last1=Higo, S., Callomon, P. & Goto, Y. |title=Catalogue and Bibliography of the Marine Shell-Bearing Mollusca of Japan |date=1999 |publisher=Elle Scientific Publications |location=Yao, Japan |pages=1–749}}
==External links== * {{cite journal |last1=Adams |first1=A. |title=On the animal and affinities of the genus Alaba, with a review of the known species, and descriptions of some new species |journal=Annals and Magazine of Natural History|date=1862 |volume=3 |issue=10 (58) |pages=293–299 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22162465 |access-date=6 July 2024}}
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cornea Category:Gastropods described in 1861 Category:Taxa named by Arthur Adams (zoologist)
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