Amoria (gastropod)

Amoria
An apertural view of the shell of Damon's volute, Amoria damonii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Family: Volutidae
Tribe: Amoriini
Genus: Amoria
Gray, 1855
Type species
Voluta turneri
Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Amorena Iredale, 1929
  • Amoria (Amorena) Iredale, 1929
  • Amoria (Amoria) Gray, 1855
  • Amoria (Cymbiolista) Iredale, 1929
  • Amoria (Zebramoria) Iredale, 1929
  • Canamoria Bondarev, 1995
  • Cymbiolena (Cymbiolista) Iredale, 1929
  • Cymbiolista Iredale, 1929
  • Voluta (Amoria) J. E. Gray, 1855 superseded rank
  • Zebramoria Iredale, 1929

Amoria is a taxonomic genus of medium-sized predatory marine gastropod in the subfamily Amoriinae, belonging to the family Volutidae.

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