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Alora H. Adams, 1861 
AphiaID: 137937

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Caenogastropoda (Subclass) > [unassigned] Caenogastropoda (Order) > Epitonioidea (Superfamily) > Epitoniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Trichotropis gouldii A. Adams, 1857 (type by monotypy)
Parent Epitoniidae Berry, 1910 (1812)
Synonymised
taxa
  Teramachiacirsa Kuroda & Ito, 1961 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 180-213 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Gittenberger A. & Gittenberger E. (2012) Alora redefined (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Epitoniidae). Basteria 74(4-6): 149-152. [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Alora annulata (Kuroda & Ito, 1961)
Species Alora gouldii (A. Adams, 1857)
Species Alora kiiensis Nakayama, 2000
Species Alora rapunculus Kilburn, 1975
Species Alora reticulata (Habe, 1962)
Species Alora retifera Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Species Alora tenerrima (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)
Species Alora turbinata Poppe, 2008

Species Alora billeeana (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965) accepted as Epidendrium billeeanum (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965)
Species Alora insignis (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932) accepted as Alora gouldii (A. Adams, 1857)
Environment marine
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137937
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Gofas, Serge
2006-09-05 06:52:51Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-20 06:06:21Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
2013-01-08 09:16:14Z  changed  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2013). Alora H. Adams, 1861. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=137937 on 2013-05-23
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