Amoria diamantina is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
Amoria diamantina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
Order: | Neogastropoda |
Family: | Volutidae |
Genus: | Amoria |
Subgenus: | Amoria |
Species: | A. diamantina
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Binomial name | |
Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972
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Synonyms | |
Amoria (Amoria) diamantina Wilson, 1972 |
Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off Western Australia.
References
edit- ^ Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 November 2012.
- Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoriae. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls