Amoria dampieria, common name the Dampier's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Amoria dampieria | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Amoria |
Subgenus: | Amoria |
Species: | A. dampieria
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Binomial name | |
Amoria dampieria Weaver, 1960
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Synonymsref name="WoRMS" /> | |
Amoria (Amoria) dampieria Weaver, 1960 |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 33 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Northwest Australia.
References
edit- ^ Amoria dampieria Weaver, 1960. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 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 dampieria". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.