Alexania
Strand, 1928
Small, globose; spire, convex, smooth except for faint axial lines; aperture large with thin lip; umbilicus absent, periostracum present.
Genotype:
Type species (m) Alexandria natalensis Tomlin, 1926.
Literature cited:
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
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
Alexania moerchi (A. Adams & Angas, 1864)
Beechey, D. (2008). pp: Alexania moerchi. Fig. 1.
Middle Harbour, NSW.
Protoconch missing. (C.032543)
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