Alia (gastropod)

Alia
Shell of Alia unifasciata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Buccinoidea
Family:	Columbellidae
Genus:	Alia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Columbella carinata Hinds, 1844
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
Columbella (Alia)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)

Alia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. ^[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Alia : ^[2]

• Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844)
• Alia unicolor (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• Alia unifasciata (G.B. Sowerby, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy

• Alia aurantiaca(Dall, 1871): synonym of Mitrella aurantiaca (Dall, 1871)
• Alia callimorpha]Dall, 1919: synonym of Alia carinata(Hinds, 1844)
• Alia cascianaDall, 1919: synonym of Alia gausapata (Gould, 1850)
• Alia gausapata(Gould, 1850): synonym of Mitrella gausapata (Gould, 1850)
• Alia gouldi(Carpenter, 1856): synonym of Alia carinata(Hinds, 1844)
• Alia permodesta(Dall, 1890): synonym of Astyris permodesta (Dall, 1890)
• Alia tuberosa(Carpenter, 1865): synonym of Mitrella tuberosa (Carpenter, 1865)
• Alia xeniaDall, 1919: synonym of Mitrella xenia (Dall, 1919)

References

1. 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
2. WoRMS : Alia; accessed : 6 September 2010

External links

• GBIF info at: ^[ permanent dead link ]
• Adams H. & Adams A. (1853-1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London, van Voorst. Vol. 1: xl + 484 pp.; vol. 2: 661 pp.; vol. 3: 138 pls. [Published in parts: Vol. 1: i-xl (1858), 1-256 (1853), 257-484 (1854). Vol. 2: 1-92 (1854), 93-284 (1855), 285-412 (1856), 413-540 (1857), 541-661 (1858). Vol. 3: pl. 1-32 (1853), 33-96 (1855), 97-112 (1856), 113-128 (1857), 129-138 (1858)