Alia
Shell of Alia unifasciata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification Edit this 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 casciana Dall, 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 xenia Dall, 1919: synonym of Mitrella xenia (Dall, 1919)

References

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