| Amoria damonii | |
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| Apertural view of a shell of Amoria damonii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Family: | Volutidae |
| Genus: | Amoria |
| Subgenus: | Amoria |
| Species: | A. damonii
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| Binomial name | |
| Amoria damonii Gray, 1864
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Amoria damonii, common name Damon's volute, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Volutidae, the volutes.[1] It forms a complex of attractive, large shells which has been studied extensively by Abbottsmith.[2][3]
It was named in honor of English conchologist Robert Damon (1814–1889).[4]
- ^ a b Amoria damonii Gray, 1864. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 25 April 2010.
- ^ Abbottsmith, F. (1975): Multiform Australian Volutes. Amoria damonii Gray, 1864. La Conchiglia 7 (77–78): 7–13.
- ^ Biolib
- ^ Dance, S. Peter (October 2006). "Robert Damon's Shell Collection" (PDF). Pallidula. 36 (2): 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
His name also survives in the scientific names given to several invertebrate species, recent and fossil, including the volute now known as Amoria damonii Gray, and Paramelania damoni Smith, a freshwater gastropod from Lake Tanganyika.