Amoria zebra

Amoria zebra
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria zebra
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. zebra
Binomial name
Amoria zebra
(Leach, 1814)

Amoria zebra, common name the zebra volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

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Description

A Shell of Amoria zebra

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 55 mm. [2] These shells are solid, glazed, with a short spire. Whorls are usually smooth and glossy. Columella is white and shows four strong plaits. The outer lip is thickened and smooth. The pattern of these shells is quite variable, in colour and in the density of the axial lines. The background colour varies from white to fawn or mid-brown, usually with axial brown lines. [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from North Australia to New South Wales. [2][4]

Habitat

These sea snails live in intertidal waters in sandy substrate, at depths of 5 to 55 m.[5]

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