Haliotis roei
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| Haliotis roei | |
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| Apical view of a shell of Haliotis roei | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. roei |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis roei Gray, 1826 | |
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Haliotis roei, common name Roe'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 50 mm and 120 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs off Western Australia to Victoria.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haliotis roei Gray, 1826. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
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