The family volutidae are a large and diverse family of charismatic mollusks. They range from tiny sizes from 9mm to 500mm. This family contains more than 200 species and many are endemic, especially to the Australian continent. They would have been my favourite family, but this is an expensive family to collect. Many are rare and endemic but they are very beautiful.

All volutes are carnivorous, feeding on other mollusks and echinoderms. They are found intertidally till very deep up to 500m. They usually lie buried in the sand and I have found Cymbiola nobilis lying half buried in sand during the day as well as Melo melo. Their young are direct developers and this attributes to their small range and endemism.

The sub-family Amoriinae consist of the beautiful and desirable Cymbiola and Amoria volutes much prized for their fantastic patterns and colours. They also contain the melon volutes, which are one of the largest gastropods on the planet, growing up to 500mm in length.

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Amoria canaliculata (channeled volute)
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Amoria canaliculata (channeled volute)

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Amoria damonii damonii (Damon's Volute)
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Amoria damonii damonii (Damon's Volute)

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Amoria damonii keatsiana
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Amoria damonii keatsiana

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Amoria dampieria (Dampier's Volute)
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Amoria dampieria (Dampier's Volute)

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Amoria ellioti (Elliot's volute)
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Amoria ellioti (Elliot's volute)

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Amoria exoptanda (desirable volute)
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Amoria exoptanda (desirable volute)

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Amoria grayi (Gray's volute)
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Amoria grayi (Gray's volute)

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Amoria hunteri (Hunter's volute)
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Amoria hunteri (Hunter's volute)

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Amoria jamrachi
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Amoria jamrachi

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Amoria maculata (Carol's volute)
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Amoria maculata (Carol's volute)

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Amoria molleri f. reducta
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Amoria molleri f. reducta

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Amoria praetexta (Pretext Volute)
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Amoria praetexta (Pretext Volute)

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Amoria undulata (Wavy Volute)
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Amoria undulata (Wavy Volute)

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Amoria undulata f. angasi
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Amoria undulata f. angasi

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Amoria zebra (Zebra volute)
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Amoria zebra (Zebra volute)

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Cymbiola aulica (Princely volute)
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Cymbiola aulica (Princely volute)

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Cymbiola chrysostoma (Golden-mouth volute)
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Cymbiola chrysostoma (Golden-mouth volute)

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Cymbiola complexa (Spotted volute)
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Cymbiola complexa (Spotted volute)

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Cymbiola complexa frazerensis 
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Cymbiola complexa frazerensis 

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Cymbiola cracenta (Graceful Volute)
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Cymbiola cracenta (Graceful Volute)

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Cymbiola cymbiola (Crown volute)
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Cymbiola cymbiola (Crown volute)

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Cymbiola deshayesi (Deshayes's volute)
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Cymbiola deshayesi (Deshayes's volute)

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Cymbiola houarti
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Cymbiola houarti

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Cymbiola imperialis (Imperial volute)
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Cymbiola imperialis (Imperial volute)

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Cymbiola imperialis f. robinsona (Robinson's volute)
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Cymbiola imperialis f. robinsona (Robinson's volute)

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Cymbiola innexa innexa (Entwining volute)
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Cymbiola innexa innexa (Entwining volute)

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Cymbiola innexa marispuma
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Cymbiola innexa marispuma

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Cymbiola laminusa
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Cymbiola laminusa

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Cymbiola magnifica magnifica (Magnificent Volute)
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Cymbiola magnifica magnifica (Magnificent Volute)

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Cymbiola malayensis
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Cymbiola malayensis

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Cymbiola moretonensis (dwarf pulchra)
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Cymbiola moretonensis (dwarf pulchra)

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Cymbiola nivosa (Snowy volute)
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Cymbiola nivosa (Snowy volute)

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Cymbiola nivosa oblita
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Cymbiola nivosa oblita

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Cymbiola nobilis (Noble volute)
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Cymbiola nobilis (Noble volute)

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Cymbiola nobilis tamariskae
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Cymbiola nobilis tamariskae

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Cymbiola nobilis octogonalis
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Cymbiola nobilis octogonalis

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Cymbiola palawanica
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Cymbiola palawanica

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Cymbiola perplicata (Entangled volute)
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Cymbiola perplicata (Entangled volute)

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Cymbiola pulchra pulchra (Beautiful volute)
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Cymbiola pulchra pulchra (Beautiful volute)

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Cymbiola pulchra pulchra f. woolacottae
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Cymbiola pulchra pulchra f. woolacottae

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Cymbiola pulchra peristicta (Dotted volute)
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Cymbiola pulchra peristicta (Dotted volute)

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Cymbiola rossiniana (Rossini's Volute)
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Cymbiola rossiniana (Rossini's Volute)

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Cymbiola sophia (Sophia's volute)
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Cymbiola sophia (Sophia's volute)

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Cymbiola subelongata 
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Cymbiola subelongata 

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Cymbiola thatcheri (Thatcher's volute)
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Cymbiola thatcheri (Thatcher's volute)

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Cymbiola vespertilio (Bat volute)
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Cymbiola vespertilio (Bat volute)

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Cymbiola vespertilio peterstimpsoni
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Cymbiola vespertilio peterstimpsoni

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Melo aethiopicus (Crowned baler)
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Melo aethiopicus (Crowned baler)

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Melo amphora (Diadem volute)
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Melo amphora (Diadem volute)

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Melo broderipii
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Melo broderipii

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Melo melo (Indian volute)
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Melo melo (Indian volute)

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Melo miltonis (southern baler)
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Melo miltonis (southern baler)

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Melo tesselata
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Melo tesselata

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Melo umbilicatus (Heavy baler)
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Melo umbilicatus (Heavy baler)

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Nannamoria parabola (Minute Volute)
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Nannamoria parabola (Minute Volute)

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Notovoluta gardneri
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Notovoluta gardneri

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Notovoluta kreuslerae (Kreusler's volute)
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Notovoluta kreuslerae (Kreusler's volute)

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Notovoluta verconis (Verco's Volute)
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Notovoluta verconis (Verco's Volute)

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Paramoria guntheri (Gunther's volute)
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Paramoria guntheri (Gunther's volute)

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Volutoconus bednalli (Bednall's Volute)
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Volutoconus bednalli (Bednall's Volute)

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Volutoconus grossi (Gross's volute)
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Volutoconus grossi (Gross's volute)

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