Amoria zebra
Amoria zebra, common name the zebra volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.
Synonyms
Amoria zebra Amoria lineata ·Marginella radiata Lamarck, 1822Voluta lineata Leach, 1814Voluta stragulata Megerle von Mühlfeldt, 1829Voluta zebra Leach, 1814 Zebramoria lineata ·Zebramoria lineatiana Weaver & du Pont, 1967Description
The length of the shell varies between 25 mm and 55 mm. These shells are solid, glazed, with a short spire. Whorls are usually smooth and glossy.Columella is white and shows four strong plaits. The outer lip is thickened and smooth. The pattern of these shells is quite variable, in colour and in the density of the axial lines. The background colour varies from white to fawn or mid-brown, usually with axial brown lines.