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Amoria turneri

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Family
  
Volutidae

Scientific name
  
Amoria turneri

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Superfamily
  
Muricoidea

Subfamily
  
Amoriinae

Rank
  
Species

Amoria turneri

Similar
  
Amoria guttata, Amoria molleri, Amoria hunteri, Amoria ellioti, Amoria zebra

Amoria turneri, common name Turner's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

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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

    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

    Amoria turneri Wikipedia
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