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Amoria canaliculata

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Amoria canaliculata
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria canaliculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

Distribution

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This marine species occurs off Queensland, East Australia.

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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  • "Amoria canaliculata canaliculata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  • Media related to Amoria canaliculata at Wikimedia Commons