MolluscaBase taxon details
Amoria exoptanda (Reeve, 1849)
593504 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:593504)
accepted
Species
Amoria (Amoria) exoptanda (Reeve, 1849) · alternative representation
Voluta exoptanda Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted > superseded combination
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Voluta exoptanda Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Voluta</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 6, pls 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls 1-15, November 1849; pls 16-22, December 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141934 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amoria exoptanda (Reeve, 1849). Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593504 on 2025-09-11
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(of Voluta exoptanda Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus <i>Voluta</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 6, pls 1-22 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls 1-15, November 1849; pls 16-22, December 1849]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9141934 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (1989). A revision of the Tertiary Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of south-eastern Australia. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria.</em> 49(2): 195-307 ["1988"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39609758
page(s): 229 [details]
additional source Morrison H.M. & Schneider B. (2021). Description of two overlooked species of <i>Amoria</i> (Gastropoda, Volutidae) from the southern coast of Western Australia. <em>Conchylia.</em> 51(3-4): 75-84.
page(s): 78-79, pl. 3 figs 31-35 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 108 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Darragh, T. A. (1989). A revision of the Tertiary Volutidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of south-eastern Australia. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria.</em> 49(2): 195-307 ["1988"]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39609758
page(s): 229 [details]
additional source Morrison H.M. & Schneider B. (2021). Description of two overlooked species of <i>Amoria</i> (Gastropoda, Volutidae) from the southern coast of Western Australia. <em>Conchylia.</em> 51(3-4): 75-84.
page(s): 78-79, pl. 3 figs 31-35 [details]
additional source Darragh, T. A. (2024). A checklist of Australian marine Cenozoic Mollusca. <em>Memoirs of Museum Victoria.</em> 83: 37-206.
page(s): 108 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To Conchology (Amoria exoptanda)
To Malacopics (Amoria exoptanda (Reeve, 1849) Australia, South Australia, Sir Joseph Banks Group, on sand reef at night, at 24-36 m depth, collected 1986, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Amoria (Amoria) exoptanda (Reeve, 1849))
To Conchology (Amoria exoptanda)
To Malacopics (Amoria exoptanda (Reeve, 1849) Australia, South Australia, Sir Joseph Banks Group, on sand reef at night, at 24-36 m depth, collected 1986, ex coll. J.G.B. Nieuwenhuis)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Mollusca Collection (from synonym Amoria (Amoria) exoptanda (Reeve, 1849))
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