Haliotis queketti
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| Haliotis queketti | |
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| Apical view of a shell of Haliotis queketti | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. queketti |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis queketti E.A. Smith, 1910 | |
Haliotis queketti, common name Quekett's abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 45 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Mozambique, the southern coast of South Africa, and off Kenya.
References
- ↑ Haliotis queketti E.A. Smith, 1910. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012] page(s): 115
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