Amoria guttata

Amoria guttata
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria guttata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Amoria
Subgenus:	Amoria
Species:	A. guttata
Binomial name
Amoria guttata McMichael, 1964
Synonyms [1]
Amoria (Amoria) guttataMcMichael, 1964

Amoria guttata 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 37 mm and 62 mm.^{[ citation needed ]} Adult specimens are 45-60 mm in length. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs on the eastern Queensland coast of Australia. ^[3]

References

1. Amoria guttata McMichael, 1964 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 7 November 2012.
2. Weaver, Clifton Stokes; Weaver, Clifton Stokes; Du Pont, John E. (1970). Living volutes : a monograph of the recent Volutidae of the world. Greenville: Delaware Museum of Natural History. pp. 147–155. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.132267.
3. McMichael, D. F. (19 June 1964). "Notes on the genera Amoria Gray, 1855, and Zebramoria Iredale, 1924, (Gastropoda: Volutidae), with descriptions of new species". Records of the Australian Museum. 26 (8): 265–274. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.26.1964.676. ISSN   0067-1975.

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 guttata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.