Haliotis fulgens

Haliotis fulgens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species: H. fulgens
Binomial name
Haliotis fulgens
Philippi, 1845
Synonyms[1]

Haliotis planilirata Reeve, 1846
Haliotis splendens Reeve, 1846

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

Contents

Description

Distribution

H. fulgens is endemic to the waters off the coast of southern California.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Haliotis fulgens Philippi, 1845.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445325 on 9 April 2010.
  2. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 21.