Haliotis elegans
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| Haliotis elegans | |
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| View of a shell of 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] | |
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Haliotis clathrata Lichtenstein, 1794 | |
Haliotis elegans is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]
Description
Distribution
H. elegans is endemic to the waters off Western Australia.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haliotis elegans Philippi, 1844. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- ↑ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 23.
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