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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Amoria ellioti (Sowerby, 1864)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta ellioti Sowerby, 1864

Common Name

Elliot's Volute p.247      Coleman, N. 1981.  

Distribution

Onslow to Port Hedland

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia

Keywords

depth: intertidal 
depth: intertidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: shallow subtidal 
depth: subtidal 
habitat: intertial flats 
habitat: sand flats [ collected at low tide on sand flats {POPPE1992A} ]
substrate: sand 

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.194, pl. 92, figs. 1-3 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Sowerby, G.B. 1864. p.338 [ as Voluta ellioti ]  Subsequent reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.153, pls. 63A, 63B [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.111, pl. 19, figs. 1a-c [ description, distribution, habitat and synonymy ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.128, pl. 85, fig. 7 General reference

Classification

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

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12149) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-08.