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Amoria praetexta

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Species of gastropod

Amoria praetexta
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria praetexta
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. praetexta
Binomial name
Amoria praetexta
(Reeve, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Amoria (Amoria) praetexta (Reeve, 1849)
  • Amoria turneri cumingi Gray, 1864
  • Voluta praetexta Reeve, 1849 (original combination)

Amoria praetexta, common name the pretext 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 34 mm and 75 mm.

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off West and North Australia.

References

  1. ^ Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 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 praetexta


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