Haliotis discus | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of H. discus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
(unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
Family: | Haliotidae |
Genus: | Haliotis |
Species: | H. discus |
Binomial name | |
Haliotis discus Reeve, 1846 |
Haliotis discus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]
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H. discus is endemic to the waters off Japan and eastern Asia.[2]