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Alaba inflata

Alaba inflata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Litiopidae.

Description

(Original description in Latin) The thin shell is ovate-conical and ventricose. It is almost translucent and horn-colored, with a violet apex. It has 4½ flat whorls. These are very finely striated transversely. The large body whorl is inflated. The aperture is ovate and slightly angular anteriorly, with an arched outer lip and a thin-edged inner lip.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan.

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