Haliotis rugosa
| Haliotis rugosa | |
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| Image of a shell of Haliotis rugosa pustulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| 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 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
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.
- Gastropods.com: Haliotis (Haliotis) rugosa