Amoria turneri
| Amoria turneri | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria turneri | |
| 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. turneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Amoria turneri (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amoria turneri, common name Turner's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
The following subspecies have been brought into synonymy:
- Amoria turneri broderipi Gray, 1864 accepted as Amoria turneri (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
- Amoria turneri cumingi Gray, 1864 accepted as Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849)
- Amoria turneri damonii Gray, 1864 accepted as Amoria damonii Gray, 1864
- Amoria turneri jamrachi Gray, 1864 accepted as Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864
Description
The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off North Australia and Northwest Australia.; in the Arafura Sea and off New Guinea.
References
- 1 2 Amoria turneri (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 November 2012.
- Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
- 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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