Amoria benthalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
| Amoria benthalis | |
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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. benthalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Amoria benthalis McMichael, 1964
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Description
editThe length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 43 mm.
McMicheal was the first to describe them in 1964:
"Shell small, robust, with short spire, the apex bluntly rounded, the suture glazed over; body whorl large, weakly shouldered. Protoconch of 2 whorls, smooth, highly polished, uniform creamish-brown, adult whorls 2½, colour cream, with an ill-defined brown band just beneath the suture and two spiral bands of brown spots, one at the shoulder and one half-way between this and the anterior end of the shell, and with numerous fine, longitudinal reddish-brown lines spaced about 1 or 2 mm apart, slightly undulating, with two peaks at the positions of the bands of brown spots; anterior end of shell suffused with brown. Aperture gaping, white to orange, with four strong plaits; fasciole weakly developed. Animal unknown"[2]
Distribution
editThis marine species have been found off Australia, from Cape Moreton, Queensland, to Ballina, New South Wales. They live on muddy sand bottoms at depths of 146–229 m.[2]
References
edit- ^ Amoria benthalis McMichael, 1964. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Amoria benthalis". seashellsofnsw.org.au. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.
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