Amoria maculata

Amoria maculata
	Gastropodal view of a shell of Amoria maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda; clade Hypsogastropoda; clade Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Muricoidea
Family:	Volutidae
Subfamily:	Amoriinae
Genus:	Amoria
Subgenus:	Amoria
Species:	A. maculata
Binomial name
	Amoria maculata; (Swainson, 1822)
Synonyms
	Amoria (Amoria) maculata (Swainson, 1822); Scaphella caroli Iredale, 1924; Voluta maculata Swainson, 1822 (original combination); Voluta volva Gmelin, 1791;

Amoria maculata, common name Carol'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 48 mm and 75 mm.

This marine species occurs from Queensland to New South Wales, Australia.

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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