Alora
H. Adams, 1861
Globose with rapidly expaning whorls; surface with strong spiral striae and cancellate sculpture; outer lip thin with an indistinct anterior notch; umbilicus slightly open.
Genotype:
Type species: Trichotropis gouldi A. Adams, 1856 (by monotypy).
Literature cited:
Bouchet, P. & Warén, A. (1986). Revision of the Northeast Atlantic bathyal and abyssal Aclididae Eulimidae, Epitonidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda).. Bollettino Malacologico.. suppl. 2. pp: 297-576
Brown, L. & Neville, B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1). pp: 001-188
Dushane, H. (1974). The Panamic-Galapagan Epitoniidae. The Veliger. 16 (Sup. 14). pp: 1-84
Kilburn, R.N (1985). The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique. Annals of the Natal Museum. 27(1). pp: 239-337
Nakayama, T. (2003). A Review of Northwest Pacific Epitoniids. Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 6. pp: 50
Alora gouldii (A. Adams, 1857)
Gittenberger, A. & Gittenberger, E.. (2012). pp: 150. Fig. 1.
1, Alora gouldii (A. Adams, 1857)
Panama, Vera Cruz (Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, no. 10606)
height 16.4 mm.
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