Alia (genus)
Encyclopedia
Alia is a genus
of small sea snail
s, marine
gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae
, the dove snails.
(WoRMS), the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Alia :
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of small sea snail
Snail
Snail is a common name applied to most of the members of the molluscan class Gastropoda that have coiled shells in the adult stage. When the word is used in its most general sense, it includes sea snails, land snails and freshwater snails. The word snail without any qualifier is however more often...
s, marine
Marine (ocean)
Marine is an umbrella term. As an adjective it is usually applicable to things relating to the sea or ocean, such as marine biology, marine ecology and marine geology...
gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae
Columbellidae
Columbellidae, common name the "dove snails" or "dove shells" are a family of minute to small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the clade Neogastropoda.-Distribution:...
, the dove snails.
Species
According to the World Register of Marine SpeciesWorld Register of Marine Species
The World Register of Marine Species is a database that hopes to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the...
(WoRMS), the following species with a valid name are included within the genus Alia :
- Alia aurantiaca (Dall, 1871)
- Alia callimorpha Dall, 1919
- Alia carinataAlia carinataAlia carinata, common name the "carinate dove shell", is a species of very small sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.-Distribution:...
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, 1844) - Alia gausapata (Gould, 1850)
- Alia gouldi (Carpenter, 1856)
- Alia permodesta (Dall, 1890)
- Alia unifasciata (G.B. Sowerby, 1832)