# Alaba cornea

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{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = 
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| taxon = Alaba cornea
| authority = ([A. Adams](/source/Arthur_Adams_(zoologist)), 1861)
| synonyms_ref =
| synonyms = ''Diala cornea'' <small>A. Adams, 1861</small>  (original combination
}}

'''''Alaba cornea''''' is a [species](/source/species) of [sea snail](/source/sea_snail), a marine [gastropod](/source/gastropod) [mollusk](/source/mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Litiopidae](/source/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](/source/Apex_(mollusc)) is tinged with a rufous color. The [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)) is oblong, and the [columella](/source/Columella_(gastropod)) 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](/source/China).<ref name="WoRMS" />

==References==
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* {{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)

{{Litiopidae-stub}}

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