Amoria maculata

Amoria maculata, common name Carol's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.^[1]

Amoria maculata
Gastropodal view of a shell of Amoria maculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Volutidae
Genus:	Amoria
Subgenus:	Amoria
Species:	A. maculata
Binomial name
Amoria maculata (Swainson, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
Amoria (Amoria) maculata (Swainson, 1822) Scaphella caroli Iredale, 1924 (unnecessary replacement name for Voluta maculata Swainson, 1822) Voluta maculata Swainson, 1822 (original combination) Voluta volva Gmelin, 1791 (nomen dubium)

Description

The shell is smooth and glossy, with a whorled, straight sided spire. The body whorl is smoothly rounded, with no shoulder. The columella has four thin, strong plaits, and the outer lip is smooth and not thickened. Typically, the shell ranges in colour between white, cream, fawn and salmon, occasionally without a pattern, but typically featuring four spiral bands of brown patches. Shell length varies, but is usually 60-80mm.^[2]

The shell is brown, adorned with two spiral series of squarish dark spots, and an additional series of irregular spots situated near the suture. ^[3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs from Queensland to New South Wales