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Alora (gastropod)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Epitoniidae

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Rank
  
Genus

Superfamily
  
Epitonioidea

Scientific name
  
Alora

Higher classification
  
Wentletrap

Similar
  
Wentletrap, Gastropods, Epidendrium billeeanum, Molluscs, Caenogastropoda

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

Species

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

  • 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

    Alora (gastropod) Wikipedia