Amoria grayi

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Amoria grayi
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria grayi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Subgenus: Amoria
Species:
A. grayi
Binomial name
Amoria grayi
Ludbrook, 1953
Synonyms[1]
  • Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953
  • Amoria turneri Gray, 1855
  • Voluta pallida Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834

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

Subspecies[edit]

  • Amoria grayi grayi Ludbrook, 1953
  • Amoria grayi kawamurai Habe, 1975
  • Amoria grayi whitworthi Bail & Limpus, 2001

Description[edit]

The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 130 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This marine species occurs off Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 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[edit]

  • "Amoria grayi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.