Amoria damonii
| Amoria damonii | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria damonii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Muricoidea |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Subfamily: | Amoriinae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Subgenus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. damonii |
| Binomial name | |
| Amoria damonii Gray, 1864 | |
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Amoria damonii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1] It forms a complex of attractive, large shells which has been studied extensively by Abbottsmith.[2]
Description
Amoria damonii has a large size that varies between 75 mm and 140 mm. The protoconch is domed, white on the early whorls, tawny later. The spire is conical with a deep-set suture.
Distribution
The Amoria damonii complex includes four large, evidently correlated populations of Amoria, whose distribution extends from Cape Leeuwin (S.W. Australia) to the northern east coast of Queensland, i.e. for more than 6,500 km of coastline. Such a large range, rare in Volutidae, is even more unusual for an Amoria. This long stretch of coastline implies genetic differentiation and favours polytypism, giving rise to many taxonomic problems.
Taxonomy
According to Bail et al. (2001) the following taxa can be differentiated:
- Amoria (Amoria) damonii damonii Gray 1864
- = reticulata (Reeve, 1844)
- = hedleyi (Iredale, 1914)
- Amoria (Amoria) damonii forma keatsiana Ludbrook, 1953
- = gatliffi (Sowerby III, 1910)
- Amoria (Amoria) damonii reevei (Sowerby II, 1864)
- Amoria (Amoria) damonii ludbrookae Bail & Limpus, 1997
References
- Bail, P., Limpus, A. & Poppe, G. T. (2001): The Genus Amoria. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.: A Conchological Iconography. 50 pp., 93 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, ISBN 3-925919-46-5.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Amoria damonii Gray, 1864. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ↑ Abbottsmith, F. (1975): Multiform Australian Volutes. Amoria damonii Gray, 1864. La Conchiglia 7 (77-78): 7-13.