OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972

Distribution

Rottnest Island to North West Cape, Western Australia

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricLower W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricCentral W coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  OBIS RegionsTemperate Indo-West PacificSouthern HemisphereAustralia (S)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ dredged 119-188 m {Wilson1993B}, from 119 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: continental slope [ to 220 m {POPPE1992A} ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.193, pl. 94, figs. 7-8 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.111, pl. 19, fig. 4a-b [ description, distribution, habitat 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
                              Amoria diamantina Wilson, 1972

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12147) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-08-07.