Amoria macandrewi
| Amoria macandrewi | |
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| Shell of Amoria macandrewi (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. macandrewi |
| Binomial name | |
| Amoria macandrewi (Sowerby III, 1887) | |
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Amoria macandrewi, common name MacAndrew's 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 35 mm and 90 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is subcylindrical and moderately robust. It exhibits a whitish ground color delicately tinged with pale brown or fulvous. It is adorned with beautifully painted, longitudinal, wavy brown lines. The spire is conical and relatively short, terminating in a slightly acute apex. The suture is nearly obscured by a white coating. The shell comprises six whorls, the initial three of which are convex and almost translucent, while the subsequent whorls are flatter. The aperture is relatively wide, with a dark throat. The columella is white and bears four prominent folds. The outer lip is relatively sharp, slightly arched, and deeply emarginated near the suture. [2]
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia.
References
- ^ Amoria macandrewi (Sowerby III, 1887). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 November 2012.
- ^ Sowerby, G.B. III (1887). Second supplement to the monograph of the genus Voluta. in G. B. Sowerby II (Ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 5 (44):. London: privately published. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1-375.
- Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
- Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.
External links
- "Amoria macandrewi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.