:Amoria zebra

{{Short description|Species of gastropod}}

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| image_caption = Apertural view of a shell of Amoria zebra

| genus = Amoria

| parent = Amoria (Amoria)

| species = zebra

| authority = (Leach, 1814)

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Amoria zebra, common name the zebra volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.{{WRMS species|593485|Amoria zebra (Leach, 1814)||12 November 2012}}

Synonyms

  • Amoria (Amoria) zebra (Leach, 1814)
  • Amoria (Zebramoria) lineata (Leach, 1814) ·
  • Marginella radiata Lamarck, 1822
  • Voluta lineata Leach, 1814
  • Voluta stragulata Megerle von Mühlfeldt, 1829
  • Voluta zebra Leach, 1814 (original combination)
  • Zebramoria lineata (Leach, 1814) ·
  • Zebramoria lineatiana Weaver & du Pont, 1967

Description

File: Volutidae - Amoria zebra.JPG of Amoria zebra]]

The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 55 mm.{{Gastropods.com|key=2|id=272|title=Amoria zebra|access-date=12 January 2019}} These shells are solid, glazed, with a short spire. Whorls are usually smooth and glossy.

Columella is white and shows four strong plaits. The outer lip is thickened and smooth. The pattern of these shells is quite variable, in colour and in the density of the axial lines. The background colour varies from white to fawn or mid-brown, usually with axial brown lines.[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:bfef6393-7e0b-4d1a-bd5a-8718e175e167 Atlas of living Australia]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from North Australia to New South Wales.[http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?search=Amoria+zebra Discover Life]

Habitat

These sea snails live in intertidal waters in sandy substrate, at depths of 5 to 55 m.[http://seashellsofnsw.org.au/Volutidae/Pages/Amoria_zebra.htm Sea Shells of NSW]

Bibliography

  • A. G. Hinton - Guide to Australian Shells
  • Alan G. Hinton - Shells of New Guinea & Central Pacific
  • Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.
  • Barry Wilson - Australian Marine Shells Part 2
  • Harald Douté, M. A. Fontana Angioy - Volutes, The Doute collection

References

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