Alora H. Adams 1861

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 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 reticulata (Habe, 1962): synonym of Foratiscala reticulata (Habe, 1962)

References

• 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
• 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