Amoria macandrewi
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| Amoria macandrewi | |
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| Shell of Amoria macandrewi (specimen at the Natural History Museum Rotterdam) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. macandrewi |
| Binomial name | |
| Amoria macandrewi (Sowerby III, 1887) | |
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Amoria macandrewi, common name MacAndrew's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]
The length of the shell varies between 35 mm and 90 mm.
(Original description in Latin) The shell is subcylindrical and moderately robust. It exhibits a whitish ground color delicately tinged with pale brown or fulvous. It is adorned with beautifully painted, longitudinal, wavy brown lines. The spire is conical and relatively short, terminating in a slightly acute apex. The suture is nearly obscured by a white coating. The shell comprises six whorls, the initial three of which are convex and almost translucent, while the subsequent whorls are flatter. The aperture is relatively wide, with a dark throat. The columella is white and bears four prominent folds. The outer lip is relatively sharp, slightly arched, and deeply emarginated near the suture. [2]
