Species Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822)
Carol's Volute, Shuttle Volute, Spotted Volute
- Voluta maculata Swainson, W. 1822. Appendix to Catalogue of Shells of Mrs. Bligh. London : Baldwin, Cradock & Joy. [11].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1837.12.1.82, Port Denison, northern Queensland, Australia. - Scaphella caroli Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [258] [unnecessary replacement name for Voluta maculata Swainson, 1822].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH Broderip No. B82, Port Denison, North Queensland. - Voluta volva Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3457] [nomen dubium].
Type data:
Holotype UZM, Cooktown, north Queensland, Australia.
Generic Combinations
- Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [112, pl. 20, figs 1a-c] - Amoria volva (Gmelin, 1791). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [114]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Carnivorous, continental shelf, intertidal, marine, mud-silt, predator, sand, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
Mainly on other molluscs; to 134 m; sometimes in the intertidal zone; and gravel; On outer Barrier Islands, prefers small gullies and pockets of sand between coral reefs.
General References
Bail, P. 2000. Revision of the Family Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815. Xenophora. Association française de conchyliologie 89: 15-24 [21] (volva Gmelin, 1791 as a synonym)
Bouchet, P. 2012. Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822). In: MolluscaBase (2015). World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593516 (Accessed on 2015-11-17)
Coleman, N. 1970. Voluta (Amoria) maculata Swainson, 1822. Australian Newsletter new series 10 [10] (as Voluta (Amoria) maculata)
McNeill, F. 1964. Shells of the Great Barrier Reef. Australian Natural History 14(12): 376 [376]
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [198, 199, pl. 98, figs 1-5, pl. 99, figs 1-8] (figs 4-6 as A. maculata form volva (Gmelin, 1792))
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, 159, pls 65K-M, 66D-E and 70] (156 as maculata (Swainson, 1822), 157 as spenceriana (Gatliff, 1908), 159 as volva)
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [112, 114, pl. 20, fig. 1 a-e] (places spenceriana (Gatliff, 1908) as synonym of maculata (Swainson, 1822). As A. volva on p.114.)
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 7, 7a, 7b] (proposes that volva Gmelin, 1791 and maculata Swainson, 1822 are the same species, includes a colour photograph of the live animal (pl. 86))
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [169] (Shuttle Volute)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [251] (Spotted Volute)
Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [152, pl. 153] (Carol'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 |