Haliotis laevigata
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| Haliotis laevigata | |
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| View of a shell of Haliotis laevigata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. laevigata |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis laevigata Donovan, 1808 | |
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Haliotis laevigata, common name the smooth Australian abalone or Greenlip abalone,[2] is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]
Description
The shell measures 180 mm; the species features a distinctive green ring around the foot at the bottom of the shell.[3][4]
Distribution
This marine species occurs off South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia and Tasmania.[5]
In Tasmania, the species is generally found on the northern coast, in particular the area of Rocky Cape, and also in the Furneaux Islands. Unless scuba diving at a reasonable depth of in excess of 30 feet, it is doubtful that legally sized greenlip abalone will be found.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haliotis laevigata Donovan, 1808 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 4 March 2012.
- ↑ http://www.pir.sa.gov.au/fisheries/recreational_fishing/target_species/abalone
- ↑ http://www.dpiw.tas.gov.au/inter.nsf/webpages/alir-4ynvz7?open
- ↑ http://www.dpi.vic.gov.au/fisheries/recreational-fishing/catch-limits-and-closed-seasons/molluscs-and-other-invertebrates/abalone-all-species
- ↑ http://www.fish.gov.au/reports/molluscs/abalones/Pages/greenlip_abalone.aspx
- Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.
- Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012]
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