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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae
Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864
Type of listing: Name in current use
Synonymy
Amoria turneri jamrachi Gray, 1864
Common Name
Jamrach's Volute p.249 Coleman, N. 1981.
Distribution
Northwestern Australia, as far east as Port Keats, NT and the southeastern islands of Indonesia {POPPE1992A}, 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
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Western Australia
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Northern Territory
OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Indonesia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Western Australia
ABRS Regions: Australia: Northern Territory
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: N coast
ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NW coast
Keywords
depth: continental shelf [ 20-35 m deep in its southern distribution {POPPE1992A}
]
depth: continental shelf
depth: intertidal [ collected intertidally at Pender Bay {POPPE1992A}
]
depth: intertidal
depth: subtidal
habitat: intertidal flats [ Found on exposed tidal flats at Pender Bay {WEAVER1970A}
]
substrate: mud
substrate: mud bottom
substrate: sand
substrate: sand bottom [ sand, mud and broken shells {WEAVER1970A}
]
References
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.197, pl. 95, figs. 1-4 [ Synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks.
] General reference
Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.155, pls. 65C, 65D [ Synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks.
] General reference
Wilson, B. 1994. p.112, pl. 19, fig. 2a-b [ Description, distribution and habitat.
] General reference
Wilson, B. R. & Gillet, K. 1971. p.128, pl. 85, figs. 4, 4a General reference
Classification
Animalia
Mollusca
Conchifera
Visceroconcha
Gastropoda
Orthogastropoda
Caenogastropoda
Sorbeoconcha
Hypsogastropoda
Neogastropoda
Volutoidea
Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815
Cymbiolinae Bondarev, 1995
Amoria Gray, 1855
Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864
Metadata
Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12159) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Shannon Reid on 2003-05-08.