Biology:Haliotis unilateralis

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Short description: Species of gastropod

Haliotis unilateralis
Haliotis unilateralis 001.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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

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

Distribution

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

Haliotis unilateralis

References

  • Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5642456 entry