Haliotis pustulata
| Haliotis pustulata | |
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| Top view of a shell of Haliotis pustulata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. pustulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Haliotis pustulata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the western part of the Indian Ocean.
References
- 1 2 Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- Kilburn R.N. (1972). Taxonomic notes on South African marine Mollusca, with the description of new species and subspecies of Conus, Nassarius, Vexillum and Demoulia. Annals of the Natal Museum 21(2):391-437
- Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls
- Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012] page(s): 113
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