Biology:Amoria dampieria

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Amoria dampieria
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Subgenus: Amoria
Species:
A. dampieria
Binomial name
Amoria dampieria
Weaver, 1960
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Amoria (Amoria) dampieria Weaver, 1960

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

Description

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 33 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest Australia .

References

  1. Amoria dampieria Weaver, 1960. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 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 ☰ Q4747675 entry