Nannamoria amicula

Nannamoria amicula
Shell of Nannamoria amicula (holotype in the Australian Museum)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Nannamoria
Species:	N. amicula
Binomial name
Nannamoria amicula Iredale, 1929

Nannamoria amicula is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 27·5 mm, its diameter 12 mm.

(Original description) The shell is very small, with a spire that is less than half the length of the aperture and tapers to a point (acuminate). The color of the dead shell is white with irregular yellow longitudinal lines.

Sculptural features include eight nodules on the shoulder of the body whorl, with approximately twelve nodules on the preceding two whorls. A three-whorled, smooth protoconch is present. The body whorl is shouldered, and the aperture is narrow, almost linear. The outer lip is thickened but lacks any significant varices (prominent ridges).

The columella exhibits six plaits, with three larger plaits alternating with three smaller ones. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales.

References

1. Nannamoria amicula Iredale, 1929 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 25 April 2010.
2. Iredale, T. (1929). "Mollusca from the continental shelf of eastern Australia. No 2" . Records of the Australian Museum. 17 (4): 181. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.17.1929.759 . Retrieved 26 January 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim: Cochbooks.
• Bail P. & Limpus A. (2008). "Consideration on Recent species of the genus Nannamoria Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815) with description of three new species and one new subspecies". Visaya. 2 (3): 68–86.

External links

• Darragh, T.A. (1989). "A revision of the Tertiary Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of south-eastern Australia". Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria. 49 (2): 234.