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Volutidae - Amoriinae: Amoria undulata (Lamarck, 1804) ('wavy volute')
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Synonym(s):
undulata Lamarck, 1804
angasi Sowerby, 1864
sclateri Cox, 1869
kingi Cox, 1871
australiae Cox, 1872
moslemica Hedley, 1912
benthalis McMichael, 1964.
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Figures a-b: 80 mm, Maria Island, Tas (E). Figures c-d: 45 mm, Black River Beach, Tas (N). |
Typical shell-length 100 mm. Beached shells are often stained black or orange. Lives subtidally on sand and mud.
Endemic to southern and eastern Australia (QLD, NSW, TAS, VIC and SA). In Tasmania this is a widespread and common species; often beached.
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