WoRMS taxon details
Amoria praetexta (Reeve, 1849)
593520 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:593520)
accepted
Species
Amoria (Amoria) praetexta (Reeve, 1849) · alternative representation
Amoria turneri cumingii J. E. Gray, 1864 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Voluta praetexta Reeve, 1849 · unaccepted (original combination)
marine
(of Voluta praetexta Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Voluta. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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 praetexta (Reeve, 1849). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=593520 on 2025-03-28
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Amoria turneri cumingii J. E. Gray, 1864) Gray, J. E. (1864). Some observations on the genus Amoria, with descriptions of some varieties. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (3) 14: 236–237. [1 September 1864]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22249686
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Voluta praetexta Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Voluta. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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]
page(s): 237 [details]
original description (of Voluta praetexta Reeve, 1849) Reeve, L. A. (1849). Monograph of the genus Voluta. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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]





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