| Amoria praetexta | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria praetexta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Subgenus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. praetexta |
| Binomial name | |
| Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Amoria praetexta, common name the pretext volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. [1]
The length of the shell varies between 34 mm and 75 mm.
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This marine species occurs off West and North Australia.
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