New kind of mollusk with an appetite for MEAT is found preserved in an ...

New kind of mollusk with an appetite for MEAT is found preserved in an ...
New kind of mollusk with an appetite for MEAT is found preserved in an ...
New kind of mollusk with an appetite for MEAT is found preserved in an Australian museum that belongs to a species so rare, scientists have yet to see one alive A new kind of carnivorous mollusk was found in a Australian museum collection  It is named  Amoria thorae, after Thora Whitehead whose collection it was found  The mollusk has a stock build and cream colored shell with a wavy pattern  It inhabited parts of Cape Moreton, Queensland and Tweed Heads

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A museum creator at the Queensland Museum in Australia discovered a previously unknown mollusk with an appetite for meat.

Called Amoria thorae, the creature is part of the carnivorous Volutidae family of marine snails and is a new species of Amoria, which is a type of mollusk with a wavy shell.

The Amoria species, is so rare, scientists have yet to find a live specimen and have only been left with empty shells, according to the study published in Nature.

Amoria thorae's shell is much smaller than other carnivorous volute mollusks and is a cream color with darker lines that form a wave like pattern that runs top to bottom.

The museum says the mollusk inhabited parts of Cape Moreton, Queensland and Tweed Heads, New South Wales.

A museum creator at the Queensland Museum in Australia discovered a previously unknown mollusk with an appetite for meat

A museum creator at the Queensland Museum in Australia discovered a previously unknown mollusk with an appetite for meat

Queensland Museum Curator Marine Environments (Mollusks) Dr John Healy said he long knew of a possible new species of carnivorous marine snail from the mid-eastern coast of Australia.

'I'd seen a shell of this marine snail illustrated in a book, but not officially described, so you can imagine my delight when photographing this new collection, I found not one, but two specimens of this potentially new species,' Healy said in a statement.

The Amoria thorae specimen is that of a small adult, which is nearly intact,

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