''Amoria turneri'', common name Turner's volute, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a marine
gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
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.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off North Australia and Northwest Australia.; in the
Arafura Sea and off
New Guinea.
References
* 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.
External links
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Volutidae
Gastropods described in 1834
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