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Alexania (gastropod)

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For the Brazilian municipality, see Alexânia.

Alexania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda

clade Hypsogastropoda

informal group Ptenoglossa
Superfamily:
Epitonioidea
Family:
Epitoniidae
Genus:
Alexania

Strand, 1928
Type species
Alexandria natalensis Tomlin, 1926
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Alexandria Tomlin, 1926
  • Habea Kuroda, 1943
  • Stenacme Pilsbry, 1945
  • Tomlinula Strand, 1932

Alexania is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as wentletraps.[1]

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species, the following species with valid names are included within the genus Alexania :[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Bouchet, P.; Gofas, S. (2010). Alexania Strand, 1928 . Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=204230 on 2010-12-19

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