Species Amoria macandrewi (Sowerby, 1887)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Voluta macandrewi Sowerby, G.B. (3rd) 1887. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. 2nd Supplement. London Vol. 5 pp. 297-305, pls 14-18. [297, pl. 14, figs 140-141].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1903.11.5.2, Barrow Island, Western Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Amoria macandrewi (Sowerby, 1887). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [112, pl. 19, figs 5a-c]

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral, intertidal, marine, sand, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow water-2 m.

 

General References

Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [197,pl. 93, figs 3-5]

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. [156, pls 65A, 65B]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [112,pl. 19, fig. 5a-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. [128, pls, 84, 85, figs 6, 6a]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [251] (MacAndrew's 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