Amoria macandrewi

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Amoria macandrewi
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Shell of Amoria macandrewi (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Species:
A. macandrewi
Binomial name
Amoria macandrewi
(Sowerby III, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Amoria (Amoria) macandrewi(G.B. Sowerby III, 1887)
  • Voluta macandrewiG.B. Sowerby III, 1887 (original combination)

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

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Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 90 mm.

(Original description in Latin) The shell is subcylindrical and moderately robust. It exhibits a whitish ground color delicately tinged with pale brown or fulvous. It is adorned with beautifully painted, longitudinal, wavy brown lines. The spire is conical and relatively short, terminating in a slightly acute apex. The suture is nearly obscured by a white coating. The shell comprises six whorls, the initial three of which are convex and almost translucent, while the subsequent whorls are flatter. The aperture is relatively wide, with a dark throat. The columella is white and bears four prominent folds. The outer lip is relatively sharp, slightly arched, and deeply emarginated near the suture. [2]

Distribution

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

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References

  1. ↑ Amoria macandrewi (Sowerby III, 1887) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 7 November 2012.
  2. ↑ Sowerby, G.B. III (1887). Second supplement to the monograph of the genus Voluta. in G. B. Sowerby II (Ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 5 (44):. London: privately published. Retrieved 5 February 2025.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
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