Alia (gastropod)

Alia
A live individual of Alia carinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Buccinoidea
Family: Columbellidae
Genus: Alia
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 [1]
Species

See text.

Alia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[2]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Alia :[3]

Species brought into synonymy

References

  1. Gen. Moll. 1: 183.
  2. Bouchet, P. (2010). Alia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853. In: Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S.; Rosenberg, G. (2010) World Marine Mollusca database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512256 on 2012-06-25
  3. WoRMS : Alia; accessed : 6 September 2010
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