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Haliotis unilateralis

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Haliotis unilateralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. unilateralis
Binomial name
Haliotis unilateralis
Lamarck, 1822

Haliotis unilateralis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2]

Description

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The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

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This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

Haliotis unilateralis

References

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  1. ^ Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis unilateralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T78772250A78772633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78772250A78772633.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Haliotis unilateralis 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, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.
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