Amoria grayi, common name Gray's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria grayi | |
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. grayi
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| Binomial name | |
| Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Subspecies edit
- Amoria grayi grayi Ludbrook, 1953
- Amoria grayi kawamurai Habe, 1975
- Amoria grayi whitworthi Bail & Limpus, 2001
Description edit
The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 130 mm.
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Distribution edit
This marine species occurs off Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia.
References edit
- ^ a b Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 November 2012.
- 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 grayi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.