Amaea magnifica

Amaea magnifica
Shell of Amaea magnifica (specimen at the Natural History Museum, Rotterdam)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Family:	Epitoniidae
Genus:	Amaea
Species:	A. magnifica
Binomial name
Amaea magnifica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
Scalaria magnifica G. B. Sowerby II, 1844

Amaea magnifica is a species of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae.[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 103 mm.[2]

(Original description in Latin) The very thin, delicate, elongated shell is imperforate and is spirally encircled with numerous fine raised ribs, featuring a prominent larger rib near the lower part of the whorls. The thin lamellae are irregularly spaced. The whorls are somewhat numerous, swollen, and slightly elevated near the deep suture. Varices are exceedingly rare. The shell's color is predominantly white, delicately tinged with pale purple and yellowish hues.[3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Japan and Taiwan.[4]

References

1. Amaea magnifica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)). 5 October 2024. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
2. Conchology.be: image
3. Sowerby, G.B. II (1844). Monograph of the genus Scalaria. In G. B. Sowerby II (ed.), Thesaurus conchyliorum, or monographs of genera of shells. Vol. 1 (4). London: privately published. p. 102. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
4. Gbif.org: Amaea magnifica - distribution

• Nakayama (2003). "A review of northwest Pacific epitoniids (Gastropoda: Epitoniidae)". Monographs of Marine Mollusca. 6: 21.
• Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. p. 1267.

External links

• Kilburn, R.N. (1985). "The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique" (PDF). Annals of the Natal Museum. 27 (1): 239–337.