OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta praetexta Reeve, 1849
   Amoria turneri cumingi Gray, 1864

Common Name

Juvenile Volute p.255, pl.700      Coleman, N. 1975.  

Distribution

Arafura Sea and WA between North West Cape and the North Kimberley

  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricN coast
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricNW coast
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Western Australia
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Arafura Sea
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaWestern Australia
  ABRS RegionsAustralia200 m bathymetricGulf of Carp.
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaIndonesia?
  OBIS RegionsTropical Indo-West PacificIndo-MalaysiaAustralia (N)Northern Territory
  ABRS RegionsAustraliaNorthern Territory

Keywords

depth: continental shelf [ to 45 m {POPPE1992A} ]
depth: continental shelf 
depth: subtidal 
substrate: sand [ ]

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.200, pl. 94, figs. 1-4 [ synonymy, distribution, habitat, description and remarks ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.157, pls. 65E, 65F [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.113 [ 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 praetexta (Reeve, 1849)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12171) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by dsherman on 2004-02-04.