Amoria guttata
| Amoria guttata | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria guttata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Subgenus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. guttata
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| Binomial name | |
| Amoria guttata McMichael, 1964
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amoria (Amoria) guttata McMichael, 1964 | |
Amoria guttata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Description
[edit]The length of the shell varies between 37 mm and 62 mm.[citation needed] Adult specimens are 45-60 mm in length.[2]
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Distribution
[edit]This marine species occurs on the eastern Queensland coast of Australia.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Amoria guttata McMichael, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 November 2012.
- ^ Weaver, Clifton Stokes; Weaver, Clifton Stokes; Du Pont, John E. (1970). Living volutes : a monograph of the recent Volutidae of the world. Greenville: Delaware Museum of Natural History. pp. 147–155. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.132267.
- ^ McMichael, D. F. (19 June 1964). "Notes on the genera Amoria Gray, 1855, and Zebramoria Iredale, 1924, (Gastropoda: Volutidae), with descriptions of new species". Records of the Australian Museum. 26 (8): 265–274. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.26.1964.676. ISSN 0067-1975.
- 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.
- Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.
External links
[edit]- "Amoria guttata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.