Alexania (gastropod) explained

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

Distribution

Species of this genus occurs in the Indo-West Pacific; also off Australia and South Africa.

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

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Strand . E. . Miscellanea nomenclatorica zoologica et palaeontologica. III, IV. . Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica . 1932 . 4 . 1 . 133–147; 193–196.
Book: Wenz . W . Gastropoda. Teil 1: Allgemeiner Teil und Prosobranchia. xii + 1639 pp. In: Schindewolf, O.H. (Ed.) Handbuch der Paläozoologie, Band 6. . 1938–1944 . Bornträger . Berlin . 1–1639.
Kuroda . T. . On a new gastropod genus Habea. . Venus . 1943 . 11–14.
Brown, L.G. & Neville, B.D. . Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. . Zootaxa . 2015 . 3907 . 1 . 1–188. 10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1 .

Pilsbry . H.A. . Stenacme floridana, an American member of the Amphibolacea . The Nautilus. . 1945 . 58 . 4 . 112–116 .
Kilburn . R.N. . The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique . Annals of the Natal Museum . 1985 . 27 . 1 .
Robertson, R. & Habe, T. . Alexania replaces Habea (Epitoniidae) . The Nautilus . 1965 . 78 . 4 . 140–141 .

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