Biology:Amoria ellioti

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Amoria ellioti
Amoria ellioti.jpg
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria ellioti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Subgenus: Amoria
Species:
A. ellioti
Binomial name
Amoria ellioti
(Sowerby II, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Amoria (Amoria) ellioti (G.B. Sowerby II, 1864)
  • Voluta ellioti G.B. Sowerby II, 1864 (original combination)

Amoria ellioti, common name the Elliot'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 50 mm and 110 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest Australia.

References

  1. Amoria ellioti (Sowerby II, 1864). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 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 ☰ Q4747679 entry