OBIS Indo-Pacific Molluscan Database

Data as of: 2006-05-17

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Gastropoda Hypsogastropoda Volutidae 

Amoria volva (Gmelin, 1791)

Type of listing: Name in current use

Synonymy

   Voluta volva Gmelin, 1791

Common Name

Shuttle Volute p.169      Allan, J. 1950.  

Distribution

  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Gulf of Carp.
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef
  ABRS Regions: Australia: 200 m bathymetric: NE coast
  OBIS Regions: Tropical Indo-West Pacific: Indo-Malaysia: Australia (N): Queensland
  ABRS Regions: Australia: Queensland

Keywords

depth: subtidal [ 1-4 fathoms {WEAVER1970A} ]
substrate: sand [ coral sand substrate {WEAVER1970A} ]

References

 Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. p.199, pl. 99, figs. 4-6 [ as A. maculata form volva (Gmelin, 1792). ]  General reference
 Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. p.159, pls. 66D, 66E [ synonymy, type information, distribution, habitat, description, animal and radula and remarks ]  General reference
 Wilson, B. 1994. p.114 [ description, distribution 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 volva (Gmelin, 1791)

Metadata

Taxon name record (intBiotaID=12190) created by Playpus Export Program on 2000-11-09. Record last updated by Peter Ulrik Middelfart on 2001-07-30.