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Amoria turneri

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Species of sea snail

Amoria turneri
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria turneri
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. turneri
Binomial name
Amoria turneri
(Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Amoria (Amoria) turneri (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
  • Amoria (Amoria) turneri broderipi Gray, 1864
  • Amoria newmanae Cotton, 1949
  • Amoria turneri broderipi Gray, 1864
  • Voluta turneri Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 (basionym)

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

The following subspecies have been brought into synonymy:

  • Amoria turneri broderipi Gray, 1864 accepted as Amoria turneri (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
  • Amoria turneri cumingi Gray, 1864 accepted as Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849)
  • Amoria turneri damonii Gray, 1864 accepted as Amoria damonii Gray, 1864
  • Amoria turneri jamrachi Gray, 1864 accepted as Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864

Description

The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.

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

Distribution

This marine species occurs off North Australia and Northwest Australia.; in the Arafura Sea and off New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ Amoria turneri (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 8 November 2012.
  • 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. (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 turneri


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