Species Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804)
Benthic Volute, Undulate Volute, Wavy Volute
- Voluta undulata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1804. Sur deux espèces nouvelles de Volutes des Mers de la Nouvelle-Hollande. Annales du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 5: 154-160, pl. 12, figs 1-3 [157, pl. 12, figs 1a, 1b].
Type data:
Holotype MHNG Lamarck Collection no. 38, Maria Island, Tasmania, Australia. - Voluta angasii Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1864. Thesaurus Conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. London : Sowerby Vol. 3 269-275, pls 11-12. [271].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port Lincoln (South Australia). - Voluta sclateri 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, fig. 3].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1903.11.5.16, Bass Strait (between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia). - Voluta kingi Cox, J. 1871. Description de deux espèces nouvelles de Voluta et observations sur la V. punctata Swainson. Journal de Conchyliologie 3 19: 74-77, pl. 4 [76, pl. 4, fig. 2].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.61776 dry, Bass Strait, King Island, Tasmania, Australia [39°49'58.8'S,144°0'0'E]. - Voluta (Amoria) australiae Cox, J. 1872. Descriptions of a new volute and twelve new species of land-shells from Australia. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1871: 643-647, pl. 52 [643, pl. 52, fig. 1].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.37526 dry, Corner Inlet, Victoria, Australia [38°46'1.2'S,146°19'1.2'E]. - Scaphella moslemica Hedley, C. 1912. Descriptions of some new or noteworthy shells in the Australian Museum. Records of the Australian Museum 8: 131-160 [145, pl. 43, figs 29-30].
Type data:
Holotype AM C.24455 dry, 23 mls east of South Head, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia [33°51'0'S,151°41'31.2'E].
Generic Combinations
- Scaphella undulata (Lamarck, 1804). —
Swainson, W. 1841. Exotic Conchology. London : Hanley, S. pp. 5-39, pls 1-48. [21, pl. 27] (New combination) - Amorena undulata (Lamarck, 1804). —
Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1932. South Australian Shells, Part 3. South Australian Naturalist 13(2): 35-86, pls 1-4 [47, pl. 2, fig. 1] (New combination) - Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804). —
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [113, pl. 20, figs 5a-b, 8a-c]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, continental slope, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 450 m.
General References
Macpherson, J.H. & Gabriel, C.J. 1962. Marine molluscs of Victoria. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press & National Museum of Victoria 475 pp. [223] (as Amorena undulata)
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 [269] (as Amoria (Amorena) undulata)
Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. [202,pl. 92, figs 4-9,pl. 95, figs 6-7]
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. [161, pls 71A, 71B, 71C] (sclateri (Cox, 1869) is considered a separate species)
Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp. [113,pl. 20, figs 5a-b, 8a-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. [124,pl. 81] (figs 8, 8a -Amorena undulata, fig. 9 -Amorena benthalis, fig. 7 as Amorena sclateri)
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. [168] (as Amorena undulata) (Wavy Volute)
Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [257] (as Amoria undulata) (Benthic Volute, Undulate 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 |