OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Amoria canaliculata (McCoy, 1869)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta (Amoria) canaliculata McCoy, 1869
   Voluta harfordi Cox, 1869

Common Name

Caniculate Volute p.246      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNE coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral E coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaQueensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Queensland

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 125 m {POPPE1992A}, inner continental shelf {WILSON1993B} ]
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal [ from 4 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: subtidal 
substrate: coral 
substrate: coral 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.192, pl. 90, figs. 7-10 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula, remarks and illustration of radula ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.148, pls. 63E, 63F, 63G, 69 and fig. 33a [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.111, pl. 20, fig. 4a-c [ description, habitat and synonymy ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.130, pl. 87, figs. 6, 6a [ photograph of live animal (pl. 77) ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Amoria Gray, 1855
                              Amoria canaliculata (McCoy, 1869)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12137) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-08.