Species Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Voluta praetexta Reeve, L.A. 1849. Monograph of the genus Voluta. pls 1-22 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 6. [sp. 29, pl. 12, figs 29a, 29b].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1952.3.21.5, Long Island, North West Cape, central Western Australia.
• Amoria turneri cumingi Gray, J.E. 1864. Some observations on the genus Amoria with descriptions of some new varieties. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 14: 236-237 [237].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Australia.

 

Generic Combinations

• Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849). —
  Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [113, pl. 19, figs 3a-d]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indonesia, Arafura Sea (Australia); Arafura Sea and WA between North West Cape and the North Kimberley.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, sand, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 45 m.

 

General References

Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [200,pl. 94, figs 1-4]

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. [157, pls 65E, 65F]

Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [113]

 

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [255, pl. 700] (Juvenile 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