Kingdom Animalia Superfamily Buccinoidea Subfamily Columbellinae Scientific name Alia carinata Rank Species | Phylum Mollusca Family Columbellidae Genus Alia Higher classification Alia | |
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Similar Gastropods, Molluscs, Columbellidae, Amphissa, Acmaea mitra | ||
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.
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Distribution
This species is found in the Eastern Pacific, from Alaska to Baja California, Mexico.
Description
The adult size of the shell of this species of dove snail can be between 6 mm and 10 mm in length. The body whorl is sometimes carinate (having a pronounced keel), sometimes less so, and sometimes not at all. The shell color is quite variable; it can also be one uniform color or patterned with two shades of color.
References
Alia carinata Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA