Haliotis melculus

Haliotis melculus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Haliotoidea
Family:	Haliotidae
Genus:	Haliotis
Species:	H. melculus
Binomial name
Haliotis melculus (Iredale, 1927)
Synonyms [2]
Haliotis ethologus(Iredale, 1927) Marinauris ethologusIredale, 1927 Marinauris melculusIredale, 1927

Haliotis melculus, the honey abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.

References

1. Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis melculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T78771080A78772513. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78771080A78772513.en .
2. Bouchet, P. (2012). Haliotis melculus (Iredale, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445378 on 2013-02-02
3. Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.
4. Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. (29 February 2012)

• Iredale, T. 1927. Caloundra Shells. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46
• Cotton, B.C. 1952. Family Haliotidae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 1: 3 pp., 1pl
• Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef Shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp.
• Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.

External links

• World Register of Marine Species