Haliotis ovina

Haliotis ovina
Haliotis ovina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species: H. ovina
Binomial name
Haliotis ovina
Gmelin, 1791
Synonyms[1]

Haliotis caelata Röding, 1798
Haliotis latilabris Philippi, 1848

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

Contents

Subspecies

Subspecies of Haliotis ovina include:

Description

Distribution

H. ovina is endemic to the waters of the western Pacific Ocean[2] and Thailand[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Haliotis ovina Gmelin, 1791.  Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445340 on 9 April 2010.
  2. ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 18.
  3. ^ Singhakaew S., Seehabutr V., Kruatrachue M., Sretarugsa P. & Romratanapun S. (2003). "Ultrastructure of male germ cells in the testes of abalone, Haliotis ovina Gmelin". Molluscan Research 23(2): 109-121. doi:10.1071/MR02016, PDF.