Amoria grayi

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

Amoria grayi
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria grayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Subgenus: Amoria
Species:
A. grayi
Binomial name
Amoria grayi
Ludbrook, 1953
Synonyms[1]
  • Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953
  • Amoria turneri Gray, 1855
  • Voluta pallida Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834

Subspecies

  • Amoria grayi grayi Ludbrook, 1953
  • Amoria grayi kawamurai Habe, 1975
  • Amoria grayi whitworthi Bail & Limpus, 2001

Description

The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 130 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia.

References

  1. Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 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.
  • "Amoria grayi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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