Amoria damonii

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Amoria damonii
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Apertural view of a shell of Amoria damonii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Subgenus: Amoria
Species:
A. damonii
Binomial name
Amoria damonii
Gray, 1864
Synonyms [1]
  • Amoria (Amoria) keatsianaLudbrook, 1953
  • Scaphella hedleyiIredale, 1914
  • Voluta gatliffiSowerby III, 1910
  • Voluta reticulataReeve, 1844

Amoria damonii, common name Damon's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1] It forms a complex of attractive, large shells which has been studied extensively by Abbottsmith. [2] [3]

Contents

It was named in honor of English conchologist Robert Damon (1814–1889). [4]

Taxonomy

According to Bail et al. (2001) the following taxa can be differentiated:

Amoria (Amoria) damonii damonii Gray 1864
= reticulata (Reeve, 1844)
= hedleyi (Iredale, 1914)
Amoria (Amoria) damonii forma keatsiana Ludbrook, 1953
= gatliffi (Sowerby III, 1910)
Amoria (Amoria) damonii reevei (Sowerby II, 1864)
Amoria (Amoria) damonii ludbrookae Bail & Limpus, 1997

Description

A shell of Amoria damonii Volutidae - Amoria damonii.JPG
A shell of Amoria damonii

Amoria damonii has a large size that varies between 75 and 140 mm. [5] The protoconch is glossy, domed, white on the early whorls, tawny later. The spire is conical with a deep-set suture.

Distribution

The Amoria damonii complex includes four large, evidently correlated populations of Amoria, whose distribution extends from Cape Leeuwin (S.W. Australia) to the northern east coast of Queensland, [5] [6] [7] [8] i.e. for more than 6,500 km of coastline. Such a large range, rare in Volutidae, is even more unusual for an Amoria. This long stretch of coastline implies genetic differentiation and favours polytypism, giving rise to many taxonomic problems.

Habitat

These marine gastropod molluscs occur in tropical zones on continental shelf, intertidal and subtidal waters, at depths of 0 to 90 m. [9]

A shell of Amoria (Amoria) damonii reevei Volutidae - Amoria damonii revei.JPG
A shell of Amoria (Amoria) damonii reevei

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References

  1. 1 2 Amoria damonii Gray, 1864 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Abbottsmith, F. (1975): Multiform Australian Volutes. Amoria damonii Gray, 1864. La Conchiglia 7 (77–78): 7–13.
  3. ↑ Biolib
  4. ↑ Dance, S. Peter (October 2006). "Robert Damon's Shell Collection" (PDF). Pallidula. 36 (2): 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2016. His name also survives in the scientific names given to several invertebrate species, recent and fossil, including the volute now known as Amoria damonii Gray, and Paramelania damoni Smith, a freshwater gastropod from Lake Tanganyika.
  5. 1 2 "Amoria damonii damonii". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  6. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia
  7. ↑ Discover Life
  8. ↑ WMSD . Worldwide Mollusc Data Base
  9. ↑ Australia Biological Resources


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