Amoria grayi
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Apertural view of a shell of Amoria grayi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Amoria |
Species: | A. grayi
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Binomial name | |
Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Amoria grayi, common name Gray's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
This is a replacement name for Voluta pallida Gray, 1834, non Linnaeus, 1767
Subspecies
- Amoria grayi grayi Ludbrook, 1953
- Amoria grayi kawamurai Habe, 1975
- Amoria grayi whitworthi Bail & Limpus, 2001
Description
The length of the shell varies between 45 and 130 mm (1.8 and 5.1 in).
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia.
References
- ^ a b Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 November 2012.
- Ludbrook, N.H. (1953). "Systematic revision of the volutid genus Amoria". Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 30: 136.
- Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.
- Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107.
- Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1–375.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
External links
- "Amoria grayi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.