Haliotis varia
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| Haliotis varia | |
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| Five views of a shell of Haliotis varia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. varia |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis varia Linnaeus, 1758[1] | |
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Shell of Haliotis varia
Haliotis varia, common name the variable abalone or the common ear shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2][3][4]
Description
The size of the shell varies between 22 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indo-West Pacific, off Tanzania, Mauritius and in the Mascarene Basin.
References
- ↑ Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 2013-02-02.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bouchet, P. (2012). Haliotis varia Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207654 on 2013-02-02
- ↑ 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. (29 February 2012)
External links
| External identifiers for Haliotis varia | |
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| Encyclopedia of Life | 3048992 |
| NCBI | 37750 |
| WoRMS | 207654 |
- To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (55 publications)
- To Encyclopedia of Life
- To GenBank (22 nucleotides; 15 proteins)
- To World Register of Marine Species
- Gastropods.com: Haliotis (Haliotis) varia
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