Amoria turneri
Apertural view of a shell of Amoria turneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Amoria
Subgenus: Amoria
Species:
A. turneri
Binomial name
Amoria turneri
(Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
Synonyms[1]
  • Amoria (Amoria) turneri (Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
  • Amoria (Amoria) turneri broderipi Gray, 1864
  • Amoria newmanae Cotton, 1949
  • Amoria turneri broderipi Gray, 1864
  • Voluta turneri Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834 (basionym)

Amoria turneri, common name Turner's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

The following subspecies have been brought into synonymy:

Description

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The length of the shell varies between 40 mm and 80 mm.

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Distribution

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This marine species occurs off North Australia and Northwest Australia.; in the Arafura Sea and off New Guinea.

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