''Amoria hunteri'', common name Hunter's marbled volute, is a species of

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, a marine

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mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Description

''Amoria hunteri'' is the species with the largest shell in the genus '' Amoria''. The length varies between 90 mm and 190 mm. It is solid and fusiform. The colour pattern is quite variable, the base colour may be white, yellowish or pink. It has a very glossy marbled surface, with reddish or brown zig-zag bands, a small, smooth and pointed conical protoconch and an elongate aperture.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in deep waters off East

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References

* * Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) ''The genus Amoria''. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls. * 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. (2011) ''Revision of the subgenus Amoria (Cymbiolista)'' Iredale, 1929 (Gastropoda: Volutidae). Visaya 3(3): 4–21

External links

* Volutidae Gastropods described in 1931 {{Volutidae-stub