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Amoria ellioti

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Species of gastropod

Amoria ellioti
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria ellioti
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. 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.

Description

The length of the shell varies between 50 mm and 110 mm.

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (November 2012)

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.

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Taxon identifiers
Amoria ellioti


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