Alora (gastropod)

Alora is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]

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Alora

H. Adams, 1861
Type species
Alora gouldii Adams, A., 1857
Species

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Synonyms[1]

Teramachiacirsa Kuroda & Ito, 1961

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Alora :[1]

  • Alora annulata (Kuroda & Ito, 1961)
  • Alora gouldii (A. Adams, 1857)
  • Alora kiiensis Nakayama, 2000
  • Alora rapunculus Kilburn, 1975
  • Alora retifera Bouchet & Warén, 1986
  • Alora tenerrima (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
  • Alora turbinata Poppe, 2008
Species brought into synonymy
  • Alora billeeana (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965) : synonym of Epidendrium billeeanum (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965)
  • Alora insignis (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932): synonym of Alora gouldii (A. Adams, 1857)
  • Alora reticulata (Habe, 1962): synonym of Foratiscala reticulata (Habe, 1962)

References

  1. Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Alora H. Adams, 1861 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137937 on 24 April 2011


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