Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Caenogastropoda > Order [unassigned] Caenogastropoda > Superfamily Epitonioidea > Family Epitoniidae

Alora H. Adams, 1861

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Alora retifera Bouchet & Warén, 1986
Alora tenerrima (Dautzenberg & H. Fischer, 1896)

Literature

original description	Adams 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
basis of record	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
additional source	Gittenberger A. & Gittenberger E. (2012) Alora redefined (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda, Epitoniidae). Basteria 74(4-6): 149-152.

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Citation

Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2014). Alora H. Adams, 1861. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:137937