Amoria jamrachii

Amoria jamrachii
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria jamrachii (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center)
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. jamrachii
Binomial name
Amoria jamrachii
Gray, 1864
Synonyms[1]
  • Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864
  • Amoria (Amoria) jamrachi jamrachi Gray, 1864 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Amoria (Amoria) jamrachii Gray, 1864 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Amoria jamrachii jamrachi Gray, 1864 · accepted, alternate representation
  • Amoria turneri jamrachi Gray, 1864
  • Voluta jamrachi Gray
  • Voluta pallida Gray, 1845

Amoria jamrachii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1] It was named after Charles Jamrach, an animal dealer in London, by Dr. John Edward Gray, Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum.

Subspecies

Description

The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Northwest Australia.

References

  1. 1 2 Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

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