Amoria jamrachii

Amoria jamrachii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Amoria
Subgenus:	Amoria
Species:	A. jamrachii
Binomial name
	Amoria jamrachii; Gray, 1864
Synonyms
	Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864; Amoria (Amoria) jamrachi jamrachi Gray, 1864 · accepted, alternate representation; Amoria (Amoria) jamrachii Gray, 1864 · accepted, alternate representation; Amoria jamrachii jamrachi Gray, 1864 · accepted, alternate representation; Amoria turneri jamrachi Gray, 1864; Voluta jamrachi Gray; Voluta pallida Gray, 1845;

Amoria jamrachii is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1] It was named after Charles Jamrach, an animal dealer in London, by Dr. John Edward Gray, Keeper of Zoology at the British Museum.

Subspecies

Amoria jamrachi condei Bail & Limpus, 2001
Amoria jamrachi jamrachi Gray, 1864: represented as Amoria jamrachii Gray, 1864 (alternate representation)

Description

The length of the shell varies between 45 mm and 70 mm.

(Original description) This species closely resembles Amoria turneri, however, it exhibits several key differences. The shell is thinner, the stripes are narrower and more widely spaced, and the sutural spots are either very small or entirely absent. ^[2]

The shell is oblong-ovate, whitish, and tinged with fulvous. It is longitudinally striated with brown. The spire is conical and acute, but relatively short, with channeled sutures. The aperture is relatively wide and dilated towards the base. The columella exhibits four folds, and the lip is relatively sharp. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Indonesia and Northwest Australia.

References

^ ^a ^b Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
^ Gray, J.E. (1864). "Some observations on the genus Amoria, with descriptions of some varieties". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (14): 236. Retrieved 31 January 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Sowerby, G.B. III (1887). Second supplement to the monograph of the genus Voluta. in G. B. Sowerby II (Ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 5 (44):. London: privately published. p. 298. Retrieved 5 February 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls.

External links

"Amoria jamrachi jamrachi". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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[WoRMS-1] Amoria jamrachi Gray, 1864. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.

[2] Gray, J.E. (1864). "Some observations on the genus Amoria, with descriptions of some varieties". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 3 (14): 236. Retrieved 31 January 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] Sowerby, G.B. III (1887). Second supplement to the monograph of the genus Voluta. in G. B. Sowerby II (Ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 5 (44):. London: privately published. p. 298. Retrieved 5 February 2025. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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