Amoria macandrewi

Amoria macandrewi, common name MacAndrew's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Amoria macandrewi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Subgenus: Amoria
Species:
A. macandrewi
Binomial name
Amoria macandrewi
(Sowerby III, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Amoria (Amoria) macandrewi (G.B. Sowerby III, 1887)
  • Voluta macandrewi G.B. Sowerby III, 1887 (original combination)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 90 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Northwest Australia.

References
  1. Amoria macandrewi (Sowerby III, 1887). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 7 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.
  • "Amoria macandrewi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.


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