Blacklip abalone
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| Haliotis rubra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. rubra |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis rubra W. E. Leach, 1814 | |
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The blacklip abalone, Haliotis rubra, is a species of large, edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1][2]
Two shells of Haliotis rubra
- Subspecies
- Haliotis rubra conicopora Péron, 1816 – the conical pore abalone; synonyms: Haliotis conicopora Péron, 1816 (original combination), Haliotis cunninghami Gray, 1826; Haliotis granti Pritchard & Gatliff, 1902; Haliotis vixlirata Cotton, 1943)
- Haliotis rubra rubra Leach, 1814 the shield abalone; synonyms: Haliotis ancile Reeve, 1846; Haliotis improbula Iredale, 1924; Haliotis naevosa Philippi, 1844; Haliotis ruber Leach, 1814 (original combination); Haliotis whitehousei (Colman, 1959); Sanhaliotis whitehousei Colman, 1959
Description
The size of the shell varies between 35 mm and 200 mm.
Distribution
This species is endemic to Australia, and is of one of the main species of abalone taken in South Australia and Tasmania[3]
It is called the blacklip abalone because the edge of the foot is black.
References
- ↑ http://www.seashellsofnsw.org.au/Haliotidae/Pages/haliotis_rubra.htm
- ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Haliotis rubra Leach, 1814. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445354 on 2013-02-04
- ↑ "Fisheries - Abalone". Government of South Australia, Primary Industries and Regions SA. Retrieved 2012-08-10.
- 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.
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