Haliotis rugosa
| Haliotis rugosa | |
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| Image of a shell of Haliotis rugosa pustulata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. rugosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822 | |
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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
Original drawing of a shell of Haliotis rugosa rugosa
Description
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean off Réunion and Mauritius.
References
- 1 2 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
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