Amoria diamantina
| Amoria diamantina | |
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| Shell and live animal of Amoria diamantina (specimen at CSIRO Marine Invertebrates Image Collection (MIIC)) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. diamantina
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| Binomial name | |
| Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972
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| Synonyms | |
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Amoria (Amoria) diamantina Wilson, 1972 | |
Amoria diamantina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia, found at depths between 119 m and 220 m.
References
- ^ Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 November 2012.
- Wilson, B.R. (1972). "New species and records of Volutidae (Gastropoda) from Western Australia". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2 (3): 339–359.
- Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoriae. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls