Alia (gastropod)

Alia
Shell of Alia unifasciata (syntype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
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)
• (G. B. Sowerby I, 1832)
• (G.B. Sowerby, 1832)

Species brought into synonymy

• Alia aurantiaca (Dall, 1871): synonym of (Dall, 1871)
• Alia callimorpha]' Dall, 1919: synonym of Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844)
• Alia casciana Dall, 1919: synonym of (Gould, 1850)
• Alia gausapata (Gould, 1850): synonym of (Gould, 1850)
• Alia gouldi (Carpenter, 1856): synonym of Alia carinata (Hinds, 1844)
• Alia permodesta (Dall, 1890): synonym of (Dall, 1890)
• Alia tuberosa (Carpenter, 1865): synonym of (Carpenter, 1865)
• Alia xenia Dall, 1919: synonym of (Dall, 1919)

References[]

External links[]

• GBIF info at: [1]^{[permanent dead link]}
• 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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