Amoria praetexta
| Amoria praetexta | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria praetexta | |
| 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. praetexta |
| Binomial name | |
| Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849) | |
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Amoria praetexta, common name the pretext 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 34 mm and 75 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off West and North Australia.
References
- 1 2 Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 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.
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