Amoria jamrachii
| Amoria jamrachii | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria jamrachii (museum specimen at Naturalis Biodiversity Center) | |
| 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. jamrachii |
| Binomial name | |
| Amoria jamrachii Gray, 1864 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
Amoria jamrachii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1] It was named after Charles Jamrach, an animal dealer in London, by Dr. John Edward Gray, Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum.
Subspecies
- Amoria jamrachi condei Bail & Limpus, 2001
- Amoria jamrachi jamrachi Gray, 1864: represented as Amoria jamrachii Gray, 1864 (alternate representation)
Description
The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Northwest Australia.
References
- 1 2 Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.