Amoria diamantina

Amoria diamantina
Shell and live animal of Amoria diamantina (specimen at CSIRO Marine Invertebrates Image Collection (MIIC))
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Amoria
Species:	A. diamantina
Binomial name
Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972
Synonyms
Amoria (Amoria) diamantinaWilson, 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 is endemic to Australia and occurs off Western Australia, found at depths between 119 m and 220 m.

References

1. Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 6 November 2012.

• Wilson, B.R. (1972). "New species and records of Volutidae (Gastropoda) from Western Australia". Journal of the Malacological Society of Australia. 2 (3): 339–359.
• Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoriae. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls