Amoria benthalis
# Amoria benthalis

Amoria benthalis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.

## Description

The length of the shell varies between 28 mm and 43 mm.

McMicheal was the first to describe them in 1964:

"Shell small, robust, with short spire, the apex bluntly rounded, the suture glazed over; body whorl large, weakly shouldered. Protoconch of 2 whorls, smooth, highly polished, uniform creamish-brown, adult whorls 2½, colour cream, with an ill-defined brown band just beneath the suture and two spiral bands of brown spots, one at the shoulder and one half-way between this and the anterior end of the shell, and with numerous fine, longitudinal reddish-brown lines spaced about 1 or 2 mm apart, slightly undulating, with two peaks at the positions of the bands of brown spots; anterior end of shell suffused with brown. Aperture gaping, white to orange, with four strong plaits; fasciole weakly developed. Animal unknown"

## Distribution

This marine species have been found off Australia, from Cape Moreton, Queensland, to Ballina, New South Wales. They live on muddy sand bottoms at depths of 146-229 m.

