Alora (gastropod)

Alora
Alora turbinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Alora H. Adams, 1861
Type species
Alora gouldiiAdams, A., 1857
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
TeramachiacirsaKuroda & Ito, 1961

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

Characteristics

(Original description) The shell is ovate-fusiform, slightly umbilicated, and thin in structure. The spire is elevated, and the whorls are convex and beautifully cancellated with elevated spiral ribs and thin lamellae. The aperture is oval and is produced in front. While the inner lip is smooth and rounded, it becomes slightly reflexed at the fore part; meanwhile, the outer lip remains simple and acute. ^[2]

Species

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

• 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 kiiensisT. Nakayama, 2000; synonym of Tuba kiiensis (T. Nakayama, 2000) (original combination)
• Alora reticulata(Habe, 1962): synonym of Foratiscala reticulata (Habe, 1962)

References

1. 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
2. dams H. 1861. Description of a new genus of shells from the collection of Hugh Cuming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1860: 272-273 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• 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