Haliotis scalaris

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Haliotis scalaris
Apical view of a shell of Haliotis scalaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species: H. scalaris
Binomial name
Haliotis scalaris
(Leach, 1814)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haliotis rubicundus Gray, J.E., 1826
  • Haliotis (Haliotis) crenata Swainson, W.A., 1822
  • Haliotis (Haliotis) tricostalis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de, 1822
  • Haliotis (Haliotis) tricostata Wood, S.V., 1828
  • Padollus scalaris Leach, 1814 (original combination)

Haliotis scalaris, common name the staircase abalone or the ridged ear abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]

Subspecies
  • Haliotis scalaris emmae Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis scalaris scalaris (Leach, 1814)

Description

The size of the shell varies between 60 mm and 100 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Western Australia and Southwest Australia.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Haliotis scalaris (Leach, 1814).  Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 February 2013.
  • 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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