Alia carinata

Alia carinata
Alia carinata
A live individual of Alia carinata on a piece of red alga
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Subfamily: Columbellinae
Genus: Alia
Species: A. carinata
Binomial name
Alia carinata
(Hinds, 1844)
Synonyms

Mitrella carinata

Alia carinata, common name the "carinate dove shell", is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

Distribution

This species is found in the Eastern Pacific, from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.

Description

This dove snail has a shell that is about 10 mm in length.[1] The body whorl is sometimes carinate (with a keel) and sometimes not. The shell color is variable; it can be one uniform color or patterned.

References

  1. ^ McLean, James H., 1978 Marine Shells of Southern California, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Museum, Science Series 24, Revised Edition: p. 48
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