The Wavy Volute is the most common species in this family and is a carnivore and feeds on other marine snails at night when they are active

At a glance

Habitat Lives subtidally on sand out to a depth of around 450m
Size Can grow to around 120mm whilst more typically 80 - 90mm
Origin Endemic
Distribution Southern mainland Australia and Tasmania
Descriptions
Distribution
Southern mainland Australia and Tasmania
Habitat
Lives subtidally on sand out to a depth of around 450m
Size
Can grow to around 120mm whilst more typically 80 - 90mm

Identification

A solid shell that has a varible patern that normally features an orangish background with thin wavy brown lines, the foot also features wavy like lines
Common Name Wavy Volute
Aliases No Known Aliases
Origin Endemic
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Distribution provided by The Atlas of Living Australia

Classification

Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumMollusca
ClassGastropoda
SubclassCaenogastropoda
SuperorderSorbeoconcha
OrderHypsogastropoda
SuborderNeogastropoda
SuperfamilyVolutoidea
FamilyVolutidae
SubfamilyAmoriinae
TribeAmoriini
GenusAmoria
SpeciesAmoria undulata
Synonyms

Synonyms

There are no known synonyms for this species
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