Haliotis fatui

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Haliotis fatui
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View of a shell of Haliotis fatui
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. fatui
Binomial name
Haliotis fatui
Geiger, 1999

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

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Description

The size of the subcircular to oval-oblong shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm. It is closely related to Haliotis varia Linnaeus, 1758, but differs in its shell and epipodial characters. The coloration of the shell is brown, yellow brown or dark green.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific

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References

  1. Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis fatui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021: e.T78764797A78772458. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78764797A78772458.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. Haliotis fatui Geiger, 1999 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 April 2010.