Alia (gastropod)
Alia is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.[1]
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| Shell of Alia unifasciata (syntype at MNHN, Paris) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Caenogastropoda |
| Clade: | Hypsogastropoda |
| Clade: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Buccinoidea |
| Family: | Columbellidae |
| Genus: | Alia H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 |
| Type species | |
| Columbella carinata Hinds, 1844 | |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Columbella (Alia) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank) | |
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)
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References
- 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
- WoRMS : Alia; accessed : 6 September 2010
External links
- GBIF info at:
- 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)
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