Amoria hunteri

Amoria hunteri
A shell of Amoria hunteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Amoriinae
Genus:	Amoria
Subgenus:	Cymbiolista
Species:	A. hunteri
Binomial name
Amoria hunteri (Iredale, 1931)
Synonyms
Amoria (Cymbiolista) hunteri (Iredale, 1931) Cymbiolista hunteri Iredale, 1931 (basionym) Voluta marmorata Swainson, 1821 (Invalid: junior homonym of Voluta marmorata Shaw & Nodder, 1808)

Amoria hunteri, common name Hunter's marbled volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Description

Amoria hunteri is the species with the largest shell in the genus Amoria. The length varies between 90 mm and 190 mm. It is solid and fusiform. The colour pattern is quite variable, the base colour may be white, yellowish or pink. It has a very glossy marbled surface, with reddish or brown zig-zag bands, a small, smooth and pointed conical protoconch and an elongate aperture.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in deep waters off East Australia.

References

• "Amoria (Cymbiolista) hunteri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
• Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.
• Bail, P & Poppe, G. T. 2001. A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. Hackenheim-Conchbook, 30 pp, 5 pl.
• Bail P. & Limpus A. (2011) Revision of the subgenus Amoria (Cymbiolista) Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Volutidae). Visaya 3(3): 4-21

External links

• "Amoria (Cymbiolista) hunteri". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.