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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.