Amoria diamantina

Amoria diamantina
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. diamantina
Binomial name
Amoria diamantina
Wilson, 1972
Synonyms

Amoria (Amoria) diamantina Wilson, 1972

Amoria diamantina 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 40 mm and 80 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off West Australia.

References

  1. Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972.  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 November 2012.
  • Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoriae. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls


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