Haliotis midae
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| Haliotis midae | |
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| Five views of a shell of Haliotis midae | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. midae |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Haliotis capensis Dunker, 1844 | |
Live individual of Haliotis midae in situ
Haliotis midae, known commonly as the South African abalone or the perlemoen abalone, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]
Subspecies
- Haliotis midae volcanius Patamakanthin & Eng, 2007[1]
Description
Distribution
Haliotis midae is endemic to the waters off South Africa.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758. 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. 22-23.
External links
- Haliotis midae at National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
- Franchini P., van der Merwe M. & Roodt-Wilding R. (2011). "Transcriptome characterization of the South African abalone Haliotis midae using sequencing-by-synthesis". BMC Research Notes 4: 59. doi:10.1186/1756-0500-4-59.
- Roux A., Sandenbergh L. & Roodt-Wilding R. (2008). "Preliminary investigation to determine the cytotoxicity of various cryoprotectants on South African abalone Haliotis midae embryos". Cryobiology 57: 3. doi:10.1016/j.cryobiol.2008.09.009.
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