Haliotis marmorata

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Haliotis marmorata
Apical view of a shell of Haliotis marmorata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species: H. marmorata
Binomial name
Haliotis marmorata
Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Haliotis desussata Philippi, 1850
  • Haliotis guineensis Gmelin, 1791
  • Haliotis rosacea Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis strigata Weinkauff, 1883
  • Haliotis virginea Reeve, 1846

Haliotis marmorata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2][3][4]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 40 mm and 60 mm

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal to Gabon and off São Tomé and Principe

References

  1. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Haliotis marmorata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445367 on 2013-02-02
  3. Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.
  4. Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. (29 February 2012)

External links

External identifiers for Haliotis marmorata
WoRMS 445367


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