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 Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Lower W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (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.