Amoria dampieria

Last updated

Amoria dampieria
Amoria dampieria 001.jpg
Shell of Amoria dampieria (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Species:
A. dampieria
Binomial name
Amoria dampieria
Weaver, 1960
Synonymsref name="WoRMS" />
  • Amoria (Amoria) dampieriaWeaver, 1960
  • Zebramoria zebra dampieriaCotton, B.C. 1949 (nomen nudum)

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

Contents

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 33 mm.

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off the Northern Territory and Western Australia.

References

  1. Amoria dampieria Weaver, 1960 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 5 November 2012.