Waved volute

Amoria undulata

Molluscs
IUCN: Not evaluated

Usual depth0 m
Water temperature12–28 °C
Best monthsJanuary and February
How commonOccasional

About this species

Amoria undulata, common name wavy volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

Text from the Wikipedia article “Amoria undulata”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article

Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 72 records
February: 46 records
March: 37 records
April: 34 records
May: 23 records
June: 26 records
July: 25 records
August: 25 records
September: 37 records
October: 37 records
November: 28 records
December: 34 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 0 m · Deepest record: 90 m

0–10 m: 184 records
10–20 m: 0 records
20–30 m: 1 records
30–40 m: 4 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 1 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 1 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 12–28 °C

12–14 °C: 60 records
14–16 °C: 230 records
16–18 °C: 57 records
18–20 °C: 40 records
20–22 °C: 85 records
22–24 °C: 9 records
24–26 °C: 2 records
26–28 °C: 0 records
28–30 °C: 1 records

Names and classification

English: Waved volute, Wavy volute, waved volute, wavy volute

Names in 1 more languages

German: Wellenlinien-Walzenschnecke

Other scientific names: Amoria (Amoria) undulata, Amoria kingi, Scaphella moslemica, Voluta angasii, Voluta australiae, Voluta kingi, Voluta sclateri, Voluta undulata

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Sources and credits

Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).

Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
762 open-data records from 1880 to 2017.

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