Amaea

Amaea is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.^[1]

Amaea
Shell of Amaea magnifica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Amaea H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853
Type species
Scalaria magnifica G. B. Sowerby II, 1844
Synonyms[1]
Amaea (Amaea) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 alternative representation † Amaea (Bifidoscala) Cossmann, 1888 alternative representation † Amaea (Coniscala) de Boury, 1887 alternative representation † Amaea (Littoriniscala) de Boury, 1887 alternative representation Amaea (Scalina) Conrad, 1865 Amaea (Variciscala) de Boury, 1909 alternative representation Epitonium (Ferminoscala) Dall, 1908 Ferminoscala Dall, 1908 † Littoriniscala de Boury, 1887 superseded rank Scala (Amaea) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853 (original rank) Scala (Discoscala) Sacco, 1890 † Scala (Littoriniscala) de Boury, 1887 Scalaria (Discoscala) Sacco, 1890 † Scalina Conrad, 1865 (uncertain synonym) † Textiscala de Boury, 1911

Not to be confused with Amaea Malmgren, 1866, replaced junior synonym of Amaeana, Hartman, 1959; family Terebellidae.

Description

(Described as Scala (Amaea) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) The thin, turreted shell shows united, cancellated whorls and a few irregular, thin varices. The aperture is semilunar;. The inner lip is swollen at the center, while the outer lip is thin and unadorned. ^[2]

(Described as Epitonium (Ferminoscala) Dall, 1908) Spiral whorls in contact, turritelloid and reticulate, featuring a single prominent varix in the fully mature shell. The base lacks an umbilicus but includes a distinct basal disk. ^[3]

Species

• Amaea africana Bouchet & Tillier, 1978
• Amaea alistairi H. P. Wagner, 1990
• Amaea apexroseus E. F. García, 2003
• Amaea arabica (Nyst, 1873)
• † Amaea asperrima (Cossmann, 1888)
• Amaea aspicienda (Melvill, 1912)
• Amaea boucheti E. F. García, 2003
• † Amaea bowerbankii (J. Morris, 1852)
• Amaea brunneopicta (Dall, 1908)
• Amaea cerea (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
• Amaea contexta DuShane, 1970
• † Amaea decussata (Lamarck, 1804)
• Amaea deroyae DuShane, 1970
• Amaea diluta E. F. García, 2003
• Amaea elegantula E. F. García, 2003
• Amaea ferminiana (Dall, 1908)
• Amaea flammea Y.-C. Lee, 2001
• Amaea foulisi Kilburn, 1985
• Amaea gazeoides Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961
• Amaea globularis Bozzetti, 2009
• † Amaea gracillima (Suter, 1917)
• Amaea gratissima (Thiele, 1925)
• Amaea grossicingulata (de Boury, 1913)
• Amaea guineensis Bouchet & Tillier, 1978
• Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912)
• † Amaea inornata (Tate, 1890)
• Amaea iwaotakii M. Azuma, 1961
• Amaea kushimotensis T. Nakayama, 2000
• † Amaea lapparenti (de Boury, 1887)
• † Amaea lemoinei (de Boury, 1883)
• Amaea lennyi E. F. García, 2003
• † Amaea macula Garvie, 1996
• Amaea magnifica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
• Amaea marteli (de Boury, 1913)
• Amaea mathildona (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
• Amaea mathildopsis (Barnard, 1963)
• Amaea mitchelli (Dall, 1896)
• Amaea natalis (Barnard, 1963)
• Amaea nebulodermata (Azuma, 1972)
• Amaea noguchii T. Habe & Masuda, 1990
• Amaea ogaitoi Masahito & T. Habe, 1975
• Amaea optata (Jousseaume, 1912)
• Amaea optima (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
• Amaea oyasionensis (Ozaki, 1958)
• Amaea pompholyx (Dall, 1890)
• † Amaea pulcherrima Lozouet, 1999
• Amaea retifera (Dall, 1889)
• Amaea rubigosola Y.-C. Lee, 2001
• † Amaea scaberrima (Michelotti, 1840)
• Amaea secunda Kuroda & Ko. Itô, 1961
• † Amaea septeuilensis (Fenaux, 1938)
• Amaea sericogazea (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
• Amaea setonaikaiensis Masahito & T. Habe, 1975
• Amaea solangeae Bozzetti, 2008
• Amaea splendida (de Boury, 1913)
• † Amaea staminea (Contad, 1860)
• Amaea sulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
• Amaea tehuanarum DuShane & J. H. McLean, 1968
• Amaea thielei (de Boury, 1913)
• Amaea tosaensis (T. Habe & Masuda, 1990)
• † Amaea triplicata (Tate, 1890)
• † Amaea woodi (Deshayes, 1861)

Synonyms

• Amaea acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844): synonym of Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
• Amaea adenensis (Jousseaume, 1912): synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (junior subjective synonym)
• Amaea analogica (Barnard, 1963): synonym of Plastiscala analogica (Barnard, 1963)
• Amaea bitaeniata (Masahito & T. Habe, 1976): synonym of Amaea nebulodermata (Azuma, 1972) (junior subjective synonym)
• Amaea decussata (Lamarck, 1804) sensu Kiener, 1838: synonym of Amaea arabica (Nyst, 1873)
• Amaea dorysa (Iredale, 1936): synonym of Narvaliscala dorysa Iredale, 1936
• Amaea fimbriatula (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971): synonym of Cirsotrema fimbriatulum (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) (superseded combination)
• Amaea fimbriolata (Melvill, 1897): synonym of Cirsotrema fimbriolatum (Melvill, 1897)
• Amaea flindersi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938): synonym of Narvaliscala flindersi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
• Amaea fusca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844): synonym of Acrilloscala fusca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
• Amaea gracilis (H. Adams, 1873): synonym of Amaea minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873): synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873)
• Amaea grimaldii (Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897): synonym of Cylindriscala jeffreysi (Tryon, 1887)
• Amaea immaculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844): synonym of Epitonium immaculatum (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
• Amaea kawamurai Azuma, 1960: synonym of Amaea splendida (de Boury, 1913)
• Amaea kieneri (Tapparone Canefri, 1876): synonym of Cirsotrema kieneri Tapparone Canefri, 1876: synonym of Amaea arabica (Nyst, 1873)
• Amaea laidlawi (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of Epitonium laidlawi (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
• Amaea lamyi (de Boury, 1909): synonym of Acrilloscala lamyi (de Boury, 1909)
• Amaea luxa Okutani, 1964: synonym of Periapta polygyrella (P. Fischer, 1897) (dubious synonym)
• Amaea luxus Okutani, 1964: synonym of Periapta polygyrella (P. Fischer, 1897)
• Amaea macrina (Iredale, 1936): synonym of Murdochella macrina Iredale, 1936
• Amaea martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804)
• Amaea minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873): synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (superseded combination)
• † Amaea ojiensis Yokoyama, 1927: synonym of Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912)
• Amaea percancellata T. Nakayama, 2000: synonym of Narvaliscala percancellata (T. Nakayama, 2000)
• Amaea plini de Boury MS (unavailable MS name)
• Amaea smithii (R. B. Watson, 1897): synonym of Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913) (junior homonym)
• Amaea sowerbyi Dunker, 1882: synonym of Amaea arabica (Nyst, 1873)
• Amaea subcancellata M. Azuma, 1962: synonym of Amaea percancellata T. Nakayama, 2000: synonym of Narvaliscala percancellata (T. Nakayama, 2000) (Junior secondary homonym of Scalaria subcancellata (d'Orbigny, 1852); Amaea percancellata is a replacement name)
• † Amaea suroclathrata Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 : synonym of † Cirsotrema suroclathratum (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
• Amaea teramachii Kaicher, 1980: synonym of Amaea sericogazea (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
• Amaea tosaensis (M. Azuma, 1962): synonym of Epitonium tosaense (M. Azuma, 1962) (superseded combination)
• Amaea trabeculata (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Cirsotrema trabeculatum (A. Adams, 1861) (superseded combination)
• Amaea turnerae (van Regteren Altena, 1971): synonym of Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
• Amaea verconis (Cotton, 1939): synonym of Plastiscala verconis (Cotton, 1939)
• Amaea xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
• Amaea youngi Kilburn, 1985: synonym of Filiscala youngi (Kilburn, 1985) (original combination)