:Amoria exoptanda
{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
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| image = Amoria exoptanda 001.jpg
| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Amoria exoptanda
| taxon = Amoria exoptanda
| authority = (Reeve, 1849)
| synonyms =
- Amoria (Amoria) exoptanda (Reeve, 1849)
- Voluta exoptanda Reeve, 1849 (original combination)
}}
Amoria exoptanda, common name the desirable volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.{{WRMS species|593504|Amoria exoptanda (Reeve, 1849)||6 November 2012}}
Description
The length of the shell varies between 85 mm and 110 mm.
(Original description) The shell is cylindrically oblong, somewhat olive-shaped, with a short, conical spire that terminates in an obtusely papillary apex. The whorls are smooth, initially sloping around the upper part, then becoming more swollen before gradually tapering. The columella is strongly four-plaited. The aperture is relatively narrow, and the outer lip is only slightly thickened.
The shell exhibits a pale rose-orange coloration, adorned with two faint bands. Densely distributed throughout the shell are sharply waved, fine chestnut-red lines. The columella and the interior of the aperture are a rich orange-carnelian color.{{cite book |last1=Reeve |first1=L.A. |title=Monograph of the genus Voluta. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 6, pls 1-22 and unpaginated text |date=1849 |publisher=L. Reeve & Co. |location=London |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141934 |access-date=2 February 2025}} {{source-attribution}}
Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off South Australia and Western Australia.
References
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- 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.
- Wilson, B. 1994. Australian marine shells. Prosobranch gastropods. Kallaroo, WA : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 2 370 pp.
- 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.
- Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.
- {{cite journal |last1=Morrison H.M. & Schneider B. |title=Description of two overlooked species of Amoria (Gastropoda, Volutidae) from the southern coast of Western Australia. |journal=Conchylia |date=2021 |volume=51 |issue=3-4 |pages=78–79}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Darragh |first1=T.A. |title=A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca |journal=Memoirs of Museum Victoria |date=2024 |volume=83 |page=108}}
- Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107.
External links
- {{cite journal |last1=Darragh |first1=T.A. |title=A revision of the Tertiary Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of south-eastern Australia |journal=Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria |date=1989 |volume=49 |issue=2 |page=229 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39609758}}
- {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=3624|title=Amoria exoptanda|access-date=15 January 2019}}
{{Commons category|Amoria exoptanda}}
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