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to distinguish colour variations in the shells of the species.
709:(Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834) - Western and Northern Australia
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Habe, 1975 - Arafura, Timor Sea: synonym of the subspecies
327:. Several species extend into offshore waters of southern
717:(Lamarck, 1804) - Western, Southern and Eastern Australia
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Biodiversity library: journals describing or mentioning
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Many subspecific names have been created in the genus
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are slightly callous. The colour pattern of the genus
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is a taxonomic genus of medium-sized predatory marine
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886:. Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia,
354:have a small, smooth, more or less pointed conical
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485:McMichael, 1964 - Queensland, New South Wales
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871:. 50 pp., 93 plts. ConchBooks, Hackenheim,
732:Bail & Limpus, 2001 - Western Australia
509:Gray, 1864 - Western and Northern Australia
335:followed by the subtidal waters around the
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867:Amoria. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K.:
362:with 4 distinct, more or less developed
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605:(Sowerby III, 1887) - Western Australia
779:(Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834)
533:(Sowerby II, 1864) - Western Australia
860:, J. Mollus. Stud. 30 (4-5): 131-153.
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661:Poppe, 1986 - Northwestern Australia
613:(Swainson, 1822) - Eastern Australia
433:. Judging from anatomical features,
179:Gray in Griffith & Pidgeon, 1834
573:(Iredale, 1931) - Eastern Australia
549:Ludbrook, 1953 - Western Australia
541:(Reeve, 1849) - Southern Australia
517:Weaver, 1960 - Dampier Archipelago
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740:(Leach, 1814) - Eastern Australia
653:(Reeve, 1849) - Western Australia
443:from which they descended in the
525:Wilson, 1972 - Western Australia
397:are nocturnal and prey on other
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669:Habe, 1975 - Arafura, Timor Sea
457:species of the Late Miocene of
1157:Taxa named by John Edward Gray
685:(Gatliff, 1908) - Ashmore Reef
589:van Pel & Moolenbeek, 2010
581:Gray, 1864 - Western Australia
386:frequently around 20 mm.
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745:Species brought into synonymy
645:Cossignani & Allary, 2019
629:(Iredale, 1836) - Queensland
557:McMichael, 1964 - Queensland
869:A Conchological Iconography
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884:Australian marine shells 2
637:Darragh, 1983 - Queensland
775:Cotton, 1949: synonym of
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55:Scientific classification
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40:An apertural view of the
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493:McCoy, 1869 - Queensland
255:Cymbiolena (Cymbiolista)
701:Bail & Limpus, 2011
693:Bail & Limpus, 2016
677:Bail & Limpus, 2003
597:Bail & Limpus, 2009
437:are close to the genus
765:Cox, 1871: synonym of
757:Amoria grayi kawamurai
1080:Paleobiology Database
642:Amoria peterstimpsoni
378:The largest species
231:Amoria (Cymbiolista)
882:Wilson, B. (1994):
490:Amoria canaliculata
239:Amoria (Zebramoria)
44:of Damon's volute,
16:Genus of sea snails
698:Amoria subfossilis
690:Amoria stricklandi
682:Amoria spenceriana
337:Great Barrier Reef
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1067:Open Tree of Life
919:Taxon identifiers
634:Amoria necopinata
621:H. Morrison, 2018
602:Amoria macandrewi
522:Amoria diamantina
347:Shell description
333:Western Australia
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767:Amoria undulata
714:Amoria undulata
674:Amoria simoneae
666:Amoria ryosukei
658:Amoria rinkensi
610:Amoria maculata
562:Amoria hansenae
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498:Amoria chaneyi
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1028:iNaturalist
951:Wikispecies
279:Relegamoria
263:Cymbiolista
138:Subfamily:
1141:Categories
843:12 January
791:References
417:The first
399:gastropods
364:columellar
356:protoconch
341:Queensland
287:Zebramoria
226:Gray, 1855
108:Subclass:
102:Gastropoda
1147:Volutidae
865:The Genus
459:Indonesia
425:and Late
329:Indonesia
325:Australia
310:Volutidae
306:gastropod
271:Canamoria
247:Canamoria
191:See text
142:Amoriinae
132:Volutidae
78:Kingdom:
72:Eukaryota
991:BioLib:
942:Q4747668
936:Wikidata
759:Habe, 19
469:Taxonomy
450:Cymbiola
445:Tertiary
440:Cymbiola
431:Victoria
403:bivalves
360:aperture
198:Synonyms
185:Species
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92:Mollusca
88:Phylum:
82:Animalia
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1119:ZooBank
1059:1069868
1046:1364560
1020:3243328
455:Tethyan
427:Miocene
401:and on
390:Biology
368:sutures
207:Amorena
148:Genus:
118:Order:
98:Class:
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1072:858151
1033:368920
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971:Amoria
957:Amoria
927:Amoria
907:Amoria
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785:Amoria
474:Amoria
435:Amoria
423:Eocene
419:Amoria
407:Amoria
395:Amoria
372:Amoria
352:Amoria
321:Amoria
301:Amoria
161:, 1855
153:Amoria
25:Amoria
1106:WoRMS
1093:Plazi
1085:10748
1041:IRMNG
1007:7NPDQ
994:24680
429:from
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1054:NCBI
1015:GBIF
888:ISBN
873:ISBN
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463:Java
159:Gray
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