Haliotis rugosa

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Haliotis rugosa
Image of a shell of Haliotis rugosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. rugosa
Binomial name
Haliotis rugosa
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[2]
  • Haliotis alternata G.B. Sowerby II, 1882
  • Haliotis multiperforata Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis nebulata Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis pertusa Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis revelata Deshayes, 1863

Haliotis rugosa, common name the many-holed abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2]

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
Original drawing of a shell of Haliotis rugosa rugosa

Description[edit]

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution[edit]

This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea south through most of the eastern coast of Africa, and east to Réunion and Mauritius.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis rugosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T78771608A78772578. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78771608A78772578.en.
  2. ^ 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

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