Species Amoria dampieria Weaver, 1960
- Amoria dampieria Weaver, C.S. 1960. Hawaiian Scientific Expedition finds rare Western Australia Volutes. Hawaiian Shell News 8(12): 1-4, figs 1-10 [figs 6, 7].
Type data:
Holotype BPBM 205554, 5 miles northwest of Steamboat Island, Dampier Archipelago, north Western Australia. - Zebramoria zebra dampieria Cotton, B.C. 1949. Australian Recent and Tertairy Mollusca, Family Volutidae. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9(2): 181-196 [191] [nomen nudum].
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Monte Bello Island, Western Australia to Melville Island, Northern Territory.
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, coral, coral, intertidal, marine, sand, sand.
Extra Ecological Information
35-60 m.
General References
McMichael, D.F. 1964. Notes on the genera Amoria Gray, 1855, and Zebramoria Iredale, 1924, (Gastropoda: Volutidae), with description of new species. Records of the Australian Museum 26: 265-274 [268]
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [193,pl. 90, figs 5-6]
Weaver, C.S. 1963. Redescription of Amoria dampieria Weaver, 1960 (Gastropoda: Volutidae). Journal of the Malacological Society of Australasia 7: 28-31, pls 5, 6 [28]
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [111,pl. 19, fig. 7a-b]
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. [128,pl. 85, fig. 5]
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 |