Alora (gastropod)

Alora
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:	Epitonioidea
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Alora H. Adams, 1861
Type species
Alora gouldii Adams, A., 1857
Species
See text
Synonyms^[1]
Teramachiacirsa Kuroda & Ito, 1961

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

Species

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

Alora billeeana (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965) : synonym of Epidendrium billeeanum (DuShane & Bratcher, 1965)
Alora insignis (Pilsbry & Lowe, 1932): synonym of Alora gouldii (A. Adams, 1857)

^ ^a ^b ^c 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

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