Haliotis squamosa

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Haliotis squamosa
View of a shell of Haliotis squamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
(unranked): clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species: H. squamosa
Binomial name
Haliotis squamosa
Gray, 1826
Synonyms[1]
  • Haliotis crebrisculpta G.B. Sowerby III, 1914
  • Haliotis roedingi Menke, 1844

Haliotis squamosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]

Description

Distribution

This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off Madagascar.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Haliotis squamosa Gray, 1826.  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): 129

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