Amoria turneri

Amoria turneri
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria turneri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Amoria
Species:	A. turneri
Binomial name
Amoria turneri (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
Synonyms [1]
Amoria (Amoria) turneri(Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) Amoria (Amoria) turneri broderipiGray, 1864 Amoria newmanaeCotton, 1949 Amoria turneri broderipiGray, 1864 Voluta turneriGray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 (basionym)

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

The following subspecies have been brought into synonymy:

• Amoria turneri broderipiGray, 1864 accepted as Amoria turneri(Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
• Amoria turneri cumingiGray, 1864 accepted as Amoria praetexta(Reeve, 1849)
• Amoria turneri damoniiGray, 1864 accepted as Amoria damoniiGray, 1864
• Amoria turneri jamrachiGray, 1864 accepted as Amoria jamrachiGray, 1864

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.

Amoria turneri possesses a solid, white shell adorned with regular, relatively broad brown lines. These lines are oriented obliquely to the shell's axis. Distinct sutural spots are also present. The spire is smooth, conical, and terminates in an acute apex. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia; in the Arafura Sea and off New Guinea.

References

1. Amoria turneri (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 8 November 2012.
2. Gray, J.E. (1864). "Some observations on the genus Amoria, with descriptions of some varieties". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (14): 237. Retrieved 31 January 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Cotton, B.C. 1949. Australian Recent and Tertiary Mollusca, Family Volutidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(2): 181-196
• Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1-375.
• Hinton, A. 1972. Shells of New Guinea and the central Indo-Pacific. Milton : Jacaranda Press xviii 94 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 & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
• 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

• Cotton, B.C. (1949). "Australian Recent and Tertairy Mollusca, Family Volutidae". Records of the South Australian Museum. 9: 181–196.
• Griffith E. & Pidgeon E. ( (1833–1834). The Mollusca and Radiata. Vol. 12, In: E. Griffith, [1824]−1835, The Animal Kingdom arranged in conformity with its organization, by the Baron Cuvier. London: Whittaker and Co. p. 40. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
• "Amoria turneri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.