Amaea

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Amaea
Amaea magnifica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) - BioLib.cz.jpg
Shell of Amaea magnifica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Family: Epitoniidae
Genus: Amaea
H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Scalaria magnificaG. B. Sowerby II, 1844
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Synonyms [1]
  • Amaea (Amaea)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 alternative representation
  • † Amaea (Bifidoscala)Cossmann, 1888 alternative representation
  • † Amaea (Coniscala)de Boury, 1887 alternative representation
  • † Amaea (Littoriniscala)de Boury, 1887 alternative representation
  • Amaea (Scalina)Conrad, 1865
  • Amaea (Variciscala)de Boury, 1909 alternative representation
  • Epitonium (Ferminoscala)Dall, 1908
  • FerminoscalaDall, 1908
  • † Littoriniscalade Boury, 1887 superseded rank
  • Scala (Amaea)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank)
  • Scala (Discoscala)Sacco, 1890
  • † Scala (Littoriniscala)de Boury, 1887
  • Scalaria (Discoscala)Sacco, 1890
  • † ScalinaConrad, 1865 (uncertain synonym)
  • † Textiscalade Boury, 1911

Amaea is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps. [1]

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Not to be confused with AmaeaMalmgren, 1866, replaced junior synonym of Amaeana, Hartman, 1959; family Terebellidae.

Description

(Described as Scala (Amaea)H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) The thin, turreted shell shows united, cancellated whorls and a few irregular, thin varices. The aperture is semilunar;. The inner lip is swollen at the center, while the outer lip is thin and unadorned. [2]

(Described as Epitonium (Ferminoscala)Dall, 1908) Spiral whorls in contact, turritelloid and reticulate, featuring a single prominent varix in the fully mature shell. The base lacks an umbilicus but includes a distinct basal disk. [3]

Species

Synonyms

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References

  1. 1 2 Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter Poorten JJ, Taylor J, Dijkstra H, Finn J, Bank R, Neubert E, Moretzsohn F, Faber M, Houart R, Picton B, Garcia-Alvarez O (eds.). "Amaea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853". MolluscaBase. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  2. ↑ Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853–1858). The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization. London: van Voorst. p. 223. Retrieved 26 September 2024.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ Dall, W.H. (1908). "Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 43 (6): 315. Retrieved 29 September 2024.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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