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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae

Amoria Gray, 1855

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Amoria Gray, 1855
   Amorena Iredale, 1929
   Zebramoria Iredale, 1929
   Relegamoria Iredale, 1936

Included taxa

   Amoria (amoria)
   Amoria volva (Gmelin, 1791)
   Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804)
   Amoria zebra (Leach, 1814)
   Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822)
   Amoria turneri (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
   Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849)
   Amoria exoptanda (Reeve, 1849)
   Amoria ellioti (Sowerby, 1864)
   Amoria damonii Gray, 1864
   Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864
   Amoria canaliculata (McCoy, 1869)
   Amoria macandrewi (Sowerby, 1887)
   Amoria spenceriana (Gatliff, 1908)
   Amoria molleri (Iredale, 1936)
   Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953
   Amoria dampieria Weaver, 1960
   Amoria guttata McMichael, 1964
   Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972
   Amoria ryosukei Habe, 1975
   Amoria necopinata Darragh, 1983
   Amoria rinkensi Poppe, 1986
   Amoria weldensis Bail & Limpus, 2001

Distribution

Keywords

depth: continental shelf
depth: continental slope
depth: shallow subtidal [ littoral to 250 fathoms {WEAVER1993B}. ]
depth: subtidal

References

Bail, P. 2000. p.21 [ in subfamily Amoriinae ] Alternate taxonomic arrangement
Bondarev, I. P. 1995. p.36 [ divided into three subgenera- Amoria, Cymbiolista and Canamoria. ] Alternate taxonomic arrangement
Ludbrook, N.H. 1953. p.131 [ description and location of types ] General reference
McMichael, D.F. 1964. p.265 General reference
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.36 [ remarks about synonymy ] General reference
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.147 [ synonymy, type information, distribution, description and remarks ] General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.111 [ description, distribution and synonymy ] General reference
Classification
  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Amoria Gray, 1855
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12136) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by bouchet genera on 2002-07-16.