| Amoria zebra | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria zebra | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Subgenus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. zebra |
| Binomial name | |
| Amoria zebra (Leach, 1814) | |
Amoria zebra, common name the zebra 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 25 mm and 55 mm. [2] These shells are solid, glazed, with a short spire. Whorls are usually smooth and glossy. Columella is white and shows four strong plaits. The outer lip is thickened and smooth. The pattern of these shells is quite variable, in colour and in the density of the axial lines. The background colour varies from white to fawn or mid-brown, usually with axial brown lines. [3]
This marine species occurs from North Australia to New South Wales. [2] [4]
These sea snails live in intertidal waters in sandy substrate, at depths of 5 to 55 m. [5]
Amoria is a taxonomic genus of medium-sized predatory marine gastropod in the family Volutidae.
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