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)

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