# Amaea

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***Amaea*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [predatory](/source/Predatory) [sea snails](/source/Sea_snail), [marine](/source/Marine_(ocean)) [prosobranch](/source/Prosobranch) [gastropod](/source/Gastropod) [mollusks](/source/Mollusk) in the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Epitoniidae](/source/Epitoniidae). They are commonly known as **wentletraps**.[1]

Not to be confused with *Amaea* Malmgren, 1866, replaced junior synonym of [Amaeana](/source/Amaeana), Hartman, 1959; family [Terebellidae](/source/Terebellidae).

## Description

(Described as *Scala (Amaea)* H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) The thin, turreted shell shows united, cancellated [whorls](/source/Whorl_(mollusc)) and a few irregular, thin varices. The [aperture](/source/Aperture_(mollusc)) is semilunar;. The inner [lip](/source/Lip_(gastropod)) is swollen at the center, while the outer lip is thin and unadorned.[2]

(Described as *Epitonium (Ferminoscala)* Dall, 1908) Spiral whorls in contact, turritelloid and reticulate, featuring a single prominent varix in the fully mature shell. The base lacks an umbilicus but includes a distinct basal disk.[3]

## Species

- *[Amaea africana](/source/Amaea_africana)* Bouchet & Tillier, 1978
- *[Amaea alistairi](/source/Amaea_alistairi)* H. P. Wagner, 1990
- *[Amaea apexroseus](/source/Amaea_apexroseus)* E. F. García, 2003
- *[Amaea arabica](/source/Amaea_arabica)* (Nyst, 1873)
- † *[Amaea asperrima](/source/Amaea_asperrima)* (Cossmann, 1888)
- *[Amaea aspicienda](/source/Amaea_aspicienda)* (Melvill, 1912)
- *[Amaea boucheti](/source/Amaea_boucheti)* E. F. García, 2003
- † *[Amaea bowerbankii](/source/Amaea_bowerbankii)* (J. Morris, 1852)
- *[Amaea brunneopicta](/source/Amaea_brunneopicta)* (Dall, 1908)
- *[Amaea cerea](/source/Amaea_cerea)* (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
- *[Amaea contexta](/source/Amaea_contexta)* DuShane, 1970
- † *[Amaea decussata](/source/Amaea_decussata)* (Lamarck, 1804)
- *[Amaea deroyae](/source/Amaea_deroyae)* DuShane, 1970
- *[Amaea diluta](/source/Amaea_diluta)* E. F. García, 2003
- *[Amaea elegantula](/source/Amaea_elegantula)* E. F. García, 2003
- *[Amaea ferminiana](/source/Amaea_ferminiana)* (Dall, 1908)
- *[Amaea flammea](/source/Amaea_flammea)* Y.-C. Lee, 2001
- *[Amaea foulisi](/source/Amaea_foulisi)* Kilburn, 1985
- *[Amaea gazeoides](/source/Amaea_gazeoides)* Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961
- *[Amaea globularis](/source/Amaea_globularis)* Bozzetti, 2009
- † *[Amaea gracillima](/source/Amaea_gracillima)* (Suter, 1917)
- *[Amaea gratissima](/source/Amaea_gratissima)* (Thiele, 1925)
- *[Amaea grossicingulata](/source/Amaea_grossicingulata)* (de Boury, 1913)
- *[Amaea guineensis](/source/Amaea_guineensis)* Bouchet & Tillier, 1978
- *[Amaea hedleyi](/source/Amaea_hedleyi)* (de Boury, 1912)
- † *[Amaea inornata](/source/Amaea_inornata)* (Tate, 1890)
- *[Amaea iwaotakii](/source/Amaea_iwaotakii)* M. Azuma, 1961
- *[Amaea kushimotensis](/source/Amaea_kushimotensis)* T. Nakayama, 2000
- † *[Amaea lapparenti](/source/Amaea_lapparenti)* (de Boury, 1887)
- † *[Amaea lemoinei](/source/Amaea_lemoinei)* (de Boury, 1883)
- *[Amaea lennyi](/source/Amaea_lennyi)* E. F. García, 2003
- † *[Amaea macula](/source/Amaea_macula)* Garvie, 1996
- *[Amaea magnifica](/source/Amaea_magnifica)* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- *[Amaea marteli](/source/Amaea_marteli)* (de Boury, 1913)
- *[Amaea mathildona](/source/Amaea_mathildona)* (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
- *[Amaea mathildopsis](/source/Amaea_mathildopsis)* (Barnard, 1963)
- *[Amaea mitchelli](/source/Amaea_mitchelli)* (Dall, 1896)
- *[Amaea natalis](/source/Amaea_natalis)* (Barnard, 1963)
- *[Amaea nebulodermata](/source/Amaea_nebulodermata)* (Azuma, 1972)
- *[Amaea noguchii](/source/Amaea_noguchii)* T. Habe & Masuda, 1990
- *[Amaea ogaitoi](/source/Amaea_ogaitoi)* Masahito & T. Habe, 1975
- *[Amaea optata](/source/Amaea_optata)* (Jousseaume, 1912)
- *[Amaea optima](/source/Amaea_optima)* (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- *[Amaea oyasionensis](/source/Amaea_oyasionensis)* (Ozaki, 1958)
- *[Amaea pompholyx](/source/Amaea_pompholyx)* (Dall, 1890)
- † *[Amaea pulcherrima](/source/Amaea_pulcherrima)* Lozouet, 1999
- *[Amaea retifera](/source/Amaea_retifera)* (Dall, 1889)
- *[Amaea rubigosola](/source/Amaea_rubigosola)* Y.-C. Lee, 2001
- † *[Amaea scaberrima](/source/Amaea_scaberrima)* (Michelotti, 1840)
- *[Amaea secunda](/source/Amaea_secunda)* Kuroda & Ko. Itô, 1961
- † *[Amaea septeuilensis](/source/Amaea_septeuilensis)* (Fenaux, 1938)
- *[Amaea sericogazea](/source/Amaea_sericogazea)* (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
- *[Amaea setonaikaiensis](/source/Amaea_setonaikaiensis)* Masahito & T. Habe, 1975
- *[Amaea solangeae](/source/Amaea_solangeae)* Bozzetti, 2008
- *[Amaea splendida](/source/Amaea_splendida)* (de Boury, 1913)
- † *[Amaea staminea](/source/Amaea_staminea)* (Contad, 1860)
- *[Amaea sulcata](/source/Amaea_sulcata)* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- *[Amaea tehuanarum](/source/Amaea_tehuanarum)* DuShane & J. H. McLean, 1968
- *[Amaea thielei](/source/Amaea_thielei)* (de Boury, 1913)
- *[Amaea tosaensis](/source/Amaea_tosaensis)* (T. Habe & Masuda, 1990)
- † *[Amaea triplicata](/source/Amaea_triplicata)* (Tate, 1890)
- † *[Amaea woodi](/source/Amaea_woodi)* (Deshayes, 1861)

## Synonyms

- *Amaea acuminata* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844): synonym of *[Acrilla acuminata](/source/Acrilla_acuminata)* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- *Amaea adenensis* (Jousseaume, 1912): synonym of *[Acrilla minor](/source/Acrilla_minor)* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (junior subjective synonym)
- *Amaea analogica* (Barnard, 1963): synonym of *[Plastiscala analogica](/source/Plastiscala_analogica)* (Barnard, 1963)
- *Amaea bitaeniata* (Masahito & T. Habe, 1976): synonym of *[Amaea nebulodermata](/source/Amaea_nebulodermata)* (Azuma, 1972) (junior subjective synonym)
- *Amaea decussata* (Lamarck, 1804) sensu Kiener, 1838: synonym of *[Amaea arabica](/source/Amaea_arabica)* (Nyst, 1873)
- *Amaea dorysa* (Iredale, 1936): synonym of *[Narvaliscala dorysa](/source/Narvaliscala_dorysa)* Iredale, 1936
- *Amaea fimbriatula* (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971): synonym of *[Cirsotrema fimbriatulum](/source/Cirsotrema_fimbriatulum)* (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) (superseded combination)
- *Amaea fimbriolata* (Melvill, 1897): synonym of *[Cirsotrema fimbriolatum](/source/Cirsotrema_fimbriolatum)* (Melvill, 1897)
- *Amaea flindersi* (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938): synonym of *[Narvaliscala flindersi](/source/Narvaliscala_flindersi)* (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938)
- *Amaea fusca* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844): synonym of *[Acrilloscala fusca](/source/Acrilloscala_fusca)* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- *Amaea gracilis* (H. Adams, 1873): synonym of *Amaea minor* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873): synonym of *[Acrilla minor](/source/Acrilla_minor)* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873)
- *Amaea grimaldii* (Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897): synonym of *[Cylindriscala jeffreysi](/source/Cylindriscala_jeffreysi)* (Tryon, 1887)
- *Amaea immaculata* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844): synonym of *[Epitonium immaculatum](/source/Epitonium_immaculatum)* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844)
- *Amaea kawamurai* Azuma, 1960: synonym of Amaea splendida (de Boury, 1913)
- Amaea kieneri (Tapparone Canefri, 1876): synonym of *Cirsotrema kieneri* Tapparone Canefri, 1876: synonym of *[Amaea arabica](/source/Amaea_arabica)* (Nyst, 1873)
- *Amaea laidlawi* (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of *[Epitonium laidlawi](/source/Epitonium_laidlawi)* (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- *Amaea lamyi* (de Boury, 1909): synonym of *[Acrilloscala lamyi](/source/Acrilloscala_lamyi)* (de Boury, 1909)
- *Amaea luxa* Okutani, 1964: synonym of *[Periapta polygyrella](/source/Periapta_polygyrella)* (P. Fischer, 1897) (dubious synonym)
- *Amaea luxus* Okutani, 1964: synonym of *[Periapta polygyrella](/source/Periapta_polygyrella)* (P. Fischer, 1897)
- *Amaea macrina* (Iredale, 1936): synonym of *[Murdochella macrina](/source/Murdochella_macrina)* Iredale, 1936
- *Amaea martinii* (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of *Filiscala martinii* (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of *[Filiscala raricosta](/source/Filiscala_raricosta)* (Lamarck, 1804)
- *Amaea minor* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873): synonym of *[Acrilla minor](/source/Acrilla_minor)* (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (superseded combination)
- † *Amaea ojiensis* Yokoyama, 1927: synonym of *[Amaea hedleyi](/source/Amaea_hedleyi)* (de Boury, 1912)
- *Amaea percancellata* T. Nakayama, 2000: synonym of [Narvaliscala percancellata](/source/Narvaliscala_percancellata) (T. Nakayama, 2000)
- *Amaea plini* de Boury MS (unavailable MS name)
- *Amaea smithii* (R. B. Watson, 1897): synonym of *[Epitonium tryoni](/source/Epitonium_tryoni)* (de Boury, 1913) (junior homonym)
- *Amaea sowerbyi* Dunker, 1882: synonym of *[Amaea arabica](/source/Amaea_arabica)* (Nyst, 1873)
- *Amaea subcancellata* M. Azuma, 1962: synonym of *Amaea percancellata* T. Nakayama, 2000: synonym of *[Narvaliscala percancellata](/source/Narvaliscala_percancellata)* (T. Nakayama, 2000) (Junior secondary homonym of *Scalaria subcancellata* (d'Orbigny, 1852); *Amaea percancellata* is a replacement name)
- † *Amaea suroclathrata* Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992 : synonym of † *[Cirsotrema suroclathratum](/source/Cirsotrema_suroclathratum)* (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992)
- *Amaea teramachii* Kaicher, 1980: synonym of *[Amaea sericogazea](/source/Amaea_sericogazea)* (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971)
- *Amaea tosaensis* (M. Azuma, 1962): synonym of *[Epitonium tosaense](/source/Epitonium_tosaense)* (M. Azuma, 1962) (superseded combination)
- *Amaea trabeculata* (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of *[Cirsotrema trabeculatum](/source/Cirsotrema_trabeculatum)* (A. Adams, 1861) (superseded combination)
- *Amaea turnerae* (van Regteren Altena, 1971): synonym of *[Gyroscala xenicima](/source/Gyroscala_xenicima)* (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- *Amaea verconis* (Cotton, 1939): synonym of *[Plastiscala verconis](/source/Plastiscala_verconis)* (Cotton, 1939)
- *Amaea xenicima* (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of *[Gyroscala xenicima](/source/Gyroscala_xenicima)* (Melvill & Standen, 1903)
- *Amaea youngi* Kilburn, 1985: synonym of *[Filiscala youngi](/source/Filiscala_youngi)* (Kilburn, 1985) (original combination)

## References

1. "*Amaea* H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853". 390683. Retrieved 2024-09-26.

1. Adams, H. & Adams, A. (1853–1858). [*The genera of Recent Mollusca; arranged according to their organization*](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3782650). London: van Voorst. p. 223. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

1. Dall, W.H. (1908). ["Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891, Lieut.-Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. XXXVII. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross", from October, 1904 to March, 1905, Lieut.-Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., commanding. XIV. The Mollusca and Brachiopoda."](http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28878051). *Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology*. **43** (6): 315. Retrieved 29 September 2024.

- E. de Boury (1887). *Etude sur les sous genres de Scalidae du Bassin de Paris.*. published by the author. p. 35.
- Ramírez, R.; Paredes, C.; Arenas, J. (2003). "Moluscos del Perú". *Revista de Biologia Tropical*. **51** (supplement 3): 225–284.

## External links

- Sacco, F. (1890). ["Catalogo paleontologico del bacino terziaro del Piemonte"](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51667883). *Bollettino della Società Geologica Italiana*. **8** (3): (9) 320.
- Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). ["Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature"](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1). *Zootaxa*. **3907** (1): 1–188. [doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1](https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3907.1.1). [PMID 25661428](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25661428)
- Kilburn, R.N. (1985). ["The family Epitoniidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in southern Africa and Mozambique"](http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/216603.pdf?). *Annals of the Natal Museum*. **27** (1): 245.
- E. de Boury (1909). ["Catalogue des sous-genres de Scalidae"](http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27393416). *Journal de Conchyliologie*. **57** (3)

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