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Alaba fragilis

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Alaba fragilis
Shell of Alaba fragilis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Litiopidae
Genus: Alaba
Species:
A. fragilis
Binomial name
Alaba fragilis
(Thiele, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Diala fragilis Thiele, 1930 (original combination)
  • Styliferina fragilis (Thiele, 1930)

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

Distribution

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This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.

References

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  • Thiele, J. (1930). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. 5 (8). Gastropoda und Bivalvia. Jena: Gustav Fischer. pp. 561–596.
  • Wilson, B.R. (1993). Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Part 1. Kallaroo, Western Australia: Odyssey Publishing. pp. 1–408.