Amoria grayi, commonly named Gray's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Amoria gray is a replacement name for Voluta pallida Gray, 1834, non Linnaeus, 1767
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Description The shell of Amoria grayi is smooth, glossy, and typically wide with a pointed spire and a narrow gap, often displaying pale cream or pinkish tones with faint axial banding that distinguishes it from related volutes and the length of the shell varies between .
Distribution This marine species occurs off Western Australia and the Northern Territory, Australia.
References
Bail P. & Limpus A. (2001) The genus Amoria. In: G.T. Poppe & K. Groh (eds) A conchological iconography. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. 50 pp., 93 pls. Poppe, G.T. & Goto, Y. 1992. Volutes. Ancona : L'Informatore Piceno 348 pp., pl. 1-107. 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.
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