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Amaea
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Amaea

Amaea is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine prosobranch gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae. They are commonly known as wentletraps.

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47 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Mitchell's wentletrap

speciesAmaea mitchelli

Amaea arabica

speciesAmaea arabica

Amaea thielei

speciesAmaea thielei

Amaea splendida

speciesAmaea splendida

Amaea foulisi

speciesAmaea foulisi

Amaea iwaotakii

speciesAmaea iwaotakii

Amaea contexta

speciesAmaea contexta

Amaea magnifica

speciesAmaea magnifica

Amaea retifera

speciesAmaea retifera

Amaea brunneopicta

speciesAmaea brunneopicta

Amaea deroyae

speciesAmaea deroyae

Amaea pompholyx

speciesAmaea pompholyx

Amaea cerea

speciesAmaea cerea

gaze wentletrap

speciesAmaea gazeoides

Amaea mathildona

speciesAmaea mathildona

Amaea nebulodermata

speciesAmaea nebulodermata

Amaea noguchii

speciesAmaea noguchii

Amaea ogaitoi

speciesAmaea ogaitoi

Amaea oyasionensis

speciesAmaea oyasionensis

Amaea secunda

speciesAmaea secunda

Amaea sericogazea

speciesAmaea sericogazea

Amaea setonaikaiensis

speciesAmaea setonaikaiensis

Amaea tosaensis

speciesAmaea tosaensis

Amaea globularis

speciesAmaea globularis

Amaea solangeae

speciesAmaea solangeae

Amaea lennyi

speciesAmaea lennyi

Amaea elegantula

speciesAmaea elegantula

Amaea diluta

speciesAmaea diluta

Amaea boucheti

speciesAmaea boucheti

Amaea apexroseus

speciesAmaea apexroseus

Amaea rubigosola

speciesAmaea rubigosola

Amaea flammea

speciesAmaea flammea

Amaea kushimotensis

speciesAmaea kushimotensis

Amaea africana

speciesAmaea africana

Guinea wentletrap

speciesAmaea guineensis

Amaea tehuanarum

speciesAmaea tehuanarum

Amaea natalis

speciesAmaea natalis

Amaea mathildopsis

speciesAmaea mathildopsis

Amaea marteli

speciesAmaea marteli

Amaea grossicingulata

speciesAmaea grossicingulata

Amaea optata

speciesAmaea optata

Amaea aspicienda

speciesAmaea aspicienda

Amaea hedleyi

speciesAmaea hedleyi

Amaea ferminiana

speciesAmaea ferminiana

Amaea optima

speciesAmaea optima

Amaea sulcata

speciesAmaea sulcata

Amaea gratissima

speciesAmaea gratissima

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 246469.