Biology:Amoria canaliculata

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Amoria canaliculata
Amoria canaliculata 001.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria canaliculata
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Species:
A. canaliculata
Binomial name
Amoria canaliculata
(McCoy, 1869)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amoria (Amoria) canaliculata (McCoy, 1869)
  • Voluta canaliculata McCoy, 1869 (basionym)
  • Voluta harfordi (Cox, 1869)

Amoria canaliculata, common name the channeled volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Description

The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Queensland, East Australia.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Amoria canaliculata (McCoy, 1869). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 12 January 2012.
  • 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

Wikidata ☰ Q4747673 entry