Amoria dampieria

Amoria dampieria
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Muricoidea
Family: Volutidae
Subfamily: Amoriinae
Genus: Amoria
Subgenus: Amoria
Species: A. dampieria
Binomial name
Amoria dampieria
Weaver, 1960
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Amoria (Amoria) dampieria Weaver, 1960

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]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 33 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest Australia.

References

  1. Amoria dampieria Weaver, 1960.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2012.

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