Species Amoria canaliculata (McCoy, 1869)
Caniculate Volute
- Voluta (Amoria) canaliculata McCoy, F. 1869. On a new Volute. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 4: 34, pl. 3, figs 1-2 [34, pl. 3, figs 1-2].
Type data:
Neotype BMNH 1920.8.10.1, Wreck Reefs, near Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia. - Voluta harfordi Cox, J. 1869. On three new species of Australian marine shells. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869(2): 358-359, pl. 26 [358, pl. 26, figs 2a, 2b].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1920.8.10.1, Wreck Reefs, near Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Amoria canaliculata (McCoy, 1869). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [111, pl. 20, figs 4a-c]
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral, coral, marine, sand, shallow subtidal, subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
From 4 m to 125 m , inner continental shelf.
General References
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [192,pl. 90, figs 7-10]
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. 1-375. [148, pls 63E, 63F, 63G, 69 and fig. 33a]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [111,pl. 20, fig. 4a-c]
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. [130,pl. 87, figs 6, 6a]
Common Name References
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [246] (Caniculate Volute)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2021 | OLIVOIDEA | 02-Feb-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Ms Anouk Mututantri (AM) |
| 28-Nov-2011 | MODIFIED |