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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Amoria damonii Gray, 1864

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Amoria (Amoria) damonii reevei auct
   Voluta pallida auct
   Amoria reticulata auct
   Voluta (Alcithoe) praetexta auct
   Voluta reticulata Reeve, 1844
   Amoria turneri damonii Gray, 1864
   Voluta damonii reevei Sowerby, 1864
   Voluta damonii keatsiana Ludbrook, 1953

Included taxa

   Amoria damonii ludbrookae Bail & Limpus, 1996

Common Name

Damon's Volute p.169 [as Amoria damonii]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Gatliff's Volute p.168 [as Amoria keatsiana]      Allan, J. 1950.  
Port Keat's Volute p.250 [as Amoria damonii keatsiana]      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

Rottnest Island, WA, extending north, then eastward to Cooktown, north Queensland, Australia {WEAVER1970A}, North West Cape to the North Kimberley, WA {Wilson1993B}

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia: Moluccas?
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N)
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
  OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ down to 90 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Bail, P. 2000. p.21 [ as three subspecies damonii Gray, 1864, reevei Sowerby, 1864 and ludbrookae Bail & Limpus, 1997 ]  Alternate taxonomic arrangement
 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.192, pl. 97, figs. 1-9 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula, and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.151, pls. 64A-G, Map 12 [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & duPont, J.E. 1967. p.382 [ A. keatsiana Ludbrook, 1953 is placed in the synonymy of A. damonii Gray, 1864 ]  Synonomy
 Wells, F.E. & Bryce, C.W. 1986. p.118 Synonomy
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.111, pl. 19, figs. 10a-b, 11a-b, 12a-c [ description, distribution, habitat and synonymy ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.128, pl. 85 [ figs. 1a, 1b -Amoria damoni damoni, figs. 1c, 1d- Amoria damoni keatsiana, fig. 1 - Amoria damoni reevei ]  General reference

Classification

  Animalia
    Mollusca
      Conchifera
        Visceroconcha
          Gastropoda
            Orthogastropoda
              Caenogastropoda
                Sorbeoconcha
                  Hypsogastropoda
                    Neogastropoda
                      Volutoidea
                        Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
                          Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
                            Amoria Gray, 1855
                              Amoria damonii Gray, 1864

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12140) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-08.