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

Description
(Described as Scala (Amaea) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1853) The thin, turreted shell shows united, cancellated whorls and a few irregular, thin varices. The aperture is semilunar;. The inner lip is swollen at the center, while the outer lip is thin and unadorned. (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. ==Species==
Species
Amaea africana Bouchet & Tillier, 1978 • Amaea alistairi H. P. Wagner, 1990 • Amaea apexroseus E. F. García, 2003 • Amaea arabica (Nyst, 1873) • † Amaea asperrima (Cossmann, 1888) • Amaea aspicienda (Melvill, 1912) • Amaea boucheti E. F. García, 2003 • † Amaea bowerbankii (J. Morris, 1852) • Amaea brunneopicta (Dall, 1908) • Amaea cerea (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) • Amaea contexta DuShane, 1970 • † Amaea decussata (Lamarck, 1804) • Amaea deroyae DuShane, 1970 • Amaea diluta E. F. García, 2003 • Amaea elegantula E. F. García, 2003 • Amaea ferminiana (Dall, 1908) • Amaea flammea Y.-C. Lee, 2001 • Amaea foulisi Kilburn, 1985 • Amaea gazeoides Kuroda & T. Habe, 1961 • Amaea globularis Bozzetti, 2009 • † Amaea gracillima (Suter, 1917) • Amaea gratissima (Thiele, 1925) • Amaea grossicingulata (de Boury, 1913) • Amaea guineensis Bouchet & Tillier, 1978 • Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912) • † Amaea inornata (Tate, 1890) • Amaea iwaotakii M. Azuma, 1961 • Amaea kushimotensis T. Nakayama, 2000 • † Amaea lapparenti (de Boury, 1887) • † Amaea lemoinei (de Boury, 1883) • Amaea lennyi E. F. García, 2003 • † Amaea macula Garvie, 1996 • Amaea magnifica (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) • Amaea marteli (de Boury, 1913) • Amaea mathildona (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) • Amaea mathildopsis (Barnard, 1963) • Amaea mitchelli (Dall, 1896) • Amaea natalis (Barnard, 1963) • Amaea nebulodermata (Azuma, 1972) • Amaea noguchii T. Habe & Masuda, 1990 • Amaea ogaitoi Masahito & T. Habe, 1975 • Amaea optata (Jousseaume, 1912) • Amaea optima (Melvill & Standen, 1903) • Amaea oyasionensis (Ozaki, 1958) • Amaea pompholyx (Dall, 1890) • † Amaea pulcherrima Lozouet, 1999 • Amaea retifera (Dall, 1889) • Amaea rubigosola Y.-C. Lee, 2001 • † Amaea scaberrima (Michelotti, 1840) • Amaea secunda Kuroda & Ko. Itô, 1961 • † Amaea septeuilensis (Fenaux, 1938) • Amaea sericogazea (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) • Amaea setonaikaiensis Masahito & T. Habe, 1975 • Amaea solangeae Bozzetti, 2008 • Amaea splendida (de Boury, 1913) • † Amaea staminea (Contad, 1860) • Amaea sulcata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) • Amaea tehuanarum DuShane & J. H. McLean, 1968 • Amaea thielei (de Boury, 1913) • Amaea tosaensis (T. Habe & Masuda, 1990) • † Amaea triplicata (Tate, 1890) • † Amaea woodi (Deshayes, 1861) ==Synonyms==
Synonyms
Amaea acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844): synonym of Acrilla acuminata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844) • Amaea adenensis (Jousseaume, 1912): synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (junior subjective synonym) • Amaea analogica (Barnard, 1963): synonym of Plastiscala analogica (Barnard, 1963) • Amaea bitaeniata (Masahito & T. Habe, 1976): synonym of Amaea nebulodermata (Azuma, 1972) (junior subjective synonym) • Amaea decussata (Lamarck, 1804) sensu Kiener, 1838: synonym of Amaea arabica (Nyst, 1873) • Amaea dorysa (Iredale, 1936): synonym of Narvaliscala dorysa Iredale, 1936 • Amaea fimbriatula (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971): synonym of Cirsotrema fimbriatulum (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) (superseded combination) • Amaea fimbriolata (Melvill, 1897): synonym of Cirsotrema fimbriolatum (Melvill, 1897) • Amaea flindersi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938): synonym of Narvaliscala flindersi (Cotton & Godfrey, 1938) • Amaea fusca (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844): synonym of 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 (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) • Amaea grimaldii (Dautzenberg & de Boury, 1897): synonym of Cylindriscala jeffreysi (Tryon, 1887) • Amaea immaculata (G. B. Sowerby II, 1844): synonym of 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 (Nyst, 1873) • Amaea laidlawi (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of Epitonium laidlawi (Melvill & Standen, 1903) • Amaea lamyi (de Boury, 1909): synonym of Acrilloscala lamyi (de Boury, 1909) • Amaea luxa Okutani, 1964: synonym of Periapta polygyrella (P. Fischer, 1897) (dubious synonym) • Amaea luxus Okutani, 1964: synonym of Periapta polygyrella (P. Fischer, 1897) • Amaea macrina (Iredale, 1936): synonym of Murdochella macrina Iredale, 1936 • Amaea martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala martinii (W. Wood, 1828): synonym of Filiscala raricosta (Lamarck, 1804) • Amaea minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873): synonym of Acrilla minor (G. B. Sowerby II, 1873) (superseded combination) • † Amaea ojiensis Yokoyama, 1927: synonym of Amaea hedleyi (de Boury, 1912) • Amaea percancellata T. Nakayama, 2000: synonym of Narvaliscala percancellata (T. Nakayama, 2000) • Amaea plini de Boury MS (unavailable MS name) • Amaea smithii (R. B. Watson, 1897): synonym of Epitonium tryoni (de Boury, 1913) (junior homonym) • Amaea sowerbyi Dunker, 1882: synonym of Amaea arabica (Nyst, 1873) • Amaea subcancellata M. Azuma, 1962: synonym of Amaea percancellata T. Nakayama, 2000: synonym of 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 (Stilwell & Zinsmeister, 1992) • Amaea teramachii Kaicher, 1980: synonym of Amaea sericogazea (Masahito, Kuroda & T. Habe, 1971) • Amaea tosaensis (M. Azuma, 1962): synonym of Epitonium tosaense (M. Azuma, 1962) (superseded combination) • Amaea trabeculata (A. Adams, 1861): synonym of Cirsotrema trabeculatum (A. Adams, 1861) (superseded combination) • Amaea turnerae (van Regteren Altena, 1971): synonym of Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903) • Amaea verconis (Cotton, 1939): synonym of Plastiscala verconis (Cotton, 1939) • Amaea xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903): synonym of Gyroscala xenicima (Melvill & Standen, 1903) • Amaea youngi Kilburn, 1985: synonym of Filiscala youngi (Kilburn, 1985) (original combination) ==References==
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