OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database
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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae
Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Voluta pallida Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953
Amoria kawamurai Habe, 1975
Common Name
Gray's Volute p.249 Coleman, N. 1981.
Distribution
Esperance to North Kimberley
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: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: SW 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
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Central W coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Temperate Indo-West Pacific: Southern Hemisphere: Australia (S): Western Australia
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ from Shark Bay to Bunbury in the south, lives in 20-45 m {POPPE1992A}
]
depth: intertidal [ collected in the intertidal zone along the north coasts {POPPE1992A}
]
depth: shallow subtidal
depth: subtidal
habit: burrowing, infaunal [ under sand on exposed tidal flats {WEAVER1970A}
]
habitat: intertidal flats [ In its northern distribution, is found on exposed tidal flats where tidal fluctuation is 2-3 fathoms {WEAVER1970A}
]
substrate: in sand
References
Ludbrook, N.H. 1958. p.75 Subsequent reference
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.196, pl. 96, figs. 1-7 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks
] General reference
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.153, pls. 63H, 63I, 63J [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula (fig. 34) and remarks
] General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.112, pl. 19, figs. 9a-e; pl. 21a, fig. 2a-b [ distribution, habitat and synonymy.
] General reference
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.128, pl. 85, figs. 3, 3a, 3b, 3c General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
Amoria Gray, 1855
Amoria grayi Ludbrook, 1953
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12153) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-04.