Haliotis rugosa
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Image of a shell of Haliotis rugosa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | |
Family: | Haliotidae |
Genus: | Haliotis |
Species: | H. rugosa
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Binomial name | |
Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Haliotis rugosa, common name the many-holed abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]
Haliotis rugosa Reeve, 1846 is a homonym of Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758.
- Subspecies
- Haliotis rugosa multiperforata Reeve, 1846
- Haliotis rugosa pustulata Reeve, 1846 (distribution: off Madagascar and the east coast of Africa, to the Red Sea and east to Yemen)
- Haliotis rugosa rodriguensis Owen, 2013 (distribution: Rodrigues Island, Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean)
- Haliotis rugosa rugosa Lamarck, 1822
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Original drawing of a shell of Haliotis rugosa rugosa
Description[]
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
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Distribution[]
This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean off Réunion and Mauritius.
References[]
- ^ a b Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T., 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. ConchBooks, Germany. 1–135
External links[]
- Owen B. (2013) Notes on the correct taxonomic status of Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822, and Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846, with description of a new subspecies from Rodrigues Island, Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Zootaxa 3646(2): 189–193.
- "Haliotis (Haliotis) rugosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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Categories:
- Haliotis
- Gastropods described in 1822