Haliotis elegans

Haliotis elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species: H. elegans
Binomial name
Haliotis elegans
Philippi, 1844
Synonyms[1]

Haliotis clathrata Lichtenstein, 1794

Haliotis elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]

Contents

Description

Distribution

H. elegans is endemic to the waters off Western Australia.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Haliotis elegans Philippi, 1844.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445323 on 9 April 2010.
  2. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 23.