Amoria canaliculata, common name the caniculate volute, is a species of sea snail in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Description
The length of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
(Original description) The shell is elongate-ovate with a short spire composed of 4âÂÂ4.5 whorls, distinctly channeled at the suture. The columella bears four strong, subequal, oblique plaits, the most posterior of which extends into a ridge on the thickened anterior belt.
The shell is whitish and the body whorl displays five spiral rows of longitudinally elongate-oblong tawny spots, including one row at the suture.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Queensland, East Australia.
References
- Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.
- Weaver, C.S. & du Pont, J.E. 1970. Living Volutes - A Monograph of the Recent Volutidae of the World. Monograph Series No. 1. Greenville Delaware : Delaware Museum of Natural History pp. 1âÂÂ375.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- Wilson, B.R. & Gillett, K. 1971. Australian shells: illustrating and describing 600 species of marine gastropods found in Australian waters. Sydney : Reed Books 168 pp.
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