| Amoria maculata | |
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| Gastropodal view of a shell of Amoria maculata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Subgenus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. maculata |
| Binomial name | |
| Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Amoria maculata, common name Carol's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
The shell is smooth and glossy, with a whorled, straight sided spire. The body whorl is smoothly rounded, with no shoulder. The columella has four thin, strong plaits, and the outer lip is smooth and not thickened. Typically, the shell ranges in colour between white, cream, fawn and salmon, occasionally without a pattern, but typically featuring four spiral bands of brown patches. Shell length varies, but is usually 60-80mm. [2]
This marine species occurs from Queensland to New South Wales, Australia.
Volutidae, common name volutes, are a taxonomic family of predatory sea snails that range in size from 9 mm to over 500 mm. They are marine gastropod mollusks. Most of the species have no operculum.
Amoria is a taxonomic genus of medium-sized predatory marine gastropod in the family Volutidae.
Scaphella is a genus of large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria benthalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria canaliculata, common name the channeled volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria damonii, common name Damon's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. It forms a complex of attractive, large shells which has been studied extensively by Abbottsmith.
Amoria dampieria, common name the Dampier's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria ellioti, common name the Elliot's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria exoptanda, common name the desirable volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria grayi, common name Gray's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria macandrewi, common name MacAndrew's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria molleri is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria praetexta, common name the pretext volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria spenceriana is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria turneri, common name Turner's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria undulata, common name wavy volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria zebra, common name the zebra volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria hunteri, common name Hunter's marbled volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Livonia mammilla, common name false melon or false baler, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk of the genus Livonia in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Volutoconus grossi, common name Gross's volute or McMichael's Volute or Tin Can Bay Volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
