Chinese Register of Marine Species - Amoriinae J. E. Gray, 1857

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Amoriinae J. E. Gray, 1857

AphiaID

382341 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382341)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subfamily

Parent

Volutidae Rafinesque, 1815

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Tribe Amoriini J. E. Gray, 1857
1. Genus Amoria J. E. Gray, 1855
2. Genus Nannamoria Iredale, 1929
3. Genus Paramoria McMichael, 1960
4. Genus Relegamoria Iredale, 1936
5. Genus Amorena Iredale, 1929 accepted as Amoria J. E. Gray, 1855 (synonym)
6. Genus Canamoria Bondarev, 1995 accepted as Amoria J. E. Gray, 1855 (synonym)
7. Genus Cymbiolista Iredale, 1929 accepted as Amoria (Cymbiolista) Iredale, 1929 represented as Amoria J. E. Gray, 1855
8. Genus Zebramoria Iredale, 1929 accepted as Amoria J. E. Gray, 1855 (synonym)
Tribe Melonini Pilsbry & Olsson, 1954
1. Genus Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
2. Genus Melo Broderip, 1826
3. Genus Aulica J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 (unaccepted > superseded combination)
4. Genus Aulicina Rovereto, 1899 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 (synonym)
5. Genus Cymbiolacca Iredale, 1929 accepted as Cymbiola (Cymbiolacca) Iredale, 1929 represented as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
6. Genus Cymbiolena Iredale, 1929 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 (synonym)
7. Genus Pseudocymbiola McMichael, 1961 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831
8. Genus Scapha J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Cymbiola Swainson, 1831 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
9. Genus Vespertilio Mörch, 1852 accepted as Voluta Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid: junior homonym of Vespertilio Linnaeus, 1758 [Mammalia] and junior objective synonym of Scapha Gray, 1847)
Tribe Notovolutini Bail & Poppe, 2001
1. Genus Notovoluta Cotton, 1946
2. Genus Volutoconus Crosse, 1871

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
note: 35 [details]

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Amoriinae J. E. Gray, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382341 on 2025-05-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-02-04 10:57:56Z

created

Bail, Patrice

2024-01-02 17:18:06Z

changed

Auffenberg, Kurt

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Nomenclature

original description Gray, J. E. (1857). Guide to the systematic distribution of Mollusca in the British Museum. Part I. [Gastropoda]. British Museum, London, xii + 230 pp. [9 May; Preface dated 10 Dec. 1856]. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/117528
note: 35 [details]

basis of record Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl. (updated October 2008 for WoRMS). [details]

basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. Malacologia. 61(1-2): 1-526. [details] Available for editors

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Diagnosis Shells of various size, elongate to ovate, solid and marked in a wide range of rich color patterns. Protoconch multispiral, conical or dome-shaped, with whorls regularly coiled around the axis of the shell, with or without axial sculpture. Siphonal notch shallow. Fasciole distinct. Generally four strong columellar plaits. No operculum. [details]

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