Amoria turneri, common name Turner's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
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| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria turneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Subgenus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. turneri
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| Binomial name | |
| Amoria turneri (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
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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
editThe length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.
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Distribution
editThis marine species occurs off North Australia and Northwest Australia.; in the Arafura Sea and off New Guinea.
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
External links
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