Amoria canaliculata

Amoria canaliculata
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria canaliculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Amoriinae
Genus: Amoria
Species: A. canaliculata
Binomial name
Amoria canaliculata
(McCoy, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amoria (Amoria) canaliculata (McCoy, 1869)
  • Voluta canaliculata McCoy, 1869 (basionym)
  • Voluta harfordi (Cox, 1869)

Amoria canaliculata, common name the channeled volute, 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 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, East Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Amoria canaliculata (McCoy, 1869).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 January 2012.

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