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Nannamoria

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Nannamoria
Nannamoria gotoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Neogastropoda
Superfamily: Volutoidea
Family: Volutidae
Genus: Nannamoria
Iredale 1927
Type species
Nannamoria amicula Iredale, 1929

Nannamoria is a small taxonomic genus of small-sized sea snails, predatory marine gastropod molluscs in the subfamily Amoriinae of the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1]

Distribution

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Nannamoria volutes are endemic to Australia. They are found on the east and southern coast, in deep water on the outer continental shelf.

Shell description

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The shells of Nannamoria have a small blunt protoconch, their overall shape varies but most species have a shoulder with nodules or spines. The base colour of the shells of Nannamoria is white, and they are overlaid with brown axial lines.

Biology

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These volutes live in very deep water and little is known about their live appearance or their biology.[2]

Species

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The genus Nannamoria includes the following species:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Wilson B. (1994). "Australian marine shells 2". Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia, ISBN 0-646-15227-0.
  2. ^ Bail P. & Limpus A. (2008). "A revision of the Nannamoria". Visaya 2/3.
  3. ^ Nannamoria Iredale, 1929. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 10 December 2018.
  • Bail, P.; Poppe, G.T. (2001). A conchological iconography: a taxonomic introduction of the recent Volutidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim. 30 pp, 5 pl.