Haliotis rugosa

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Haliotis rugosa
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Image of a shell of Haliotis rugosa
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
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 alternataG.B. Sowerby II, 1882
  • Haliotis multiperforataReeve, 1846
  • Haliotis nebulataReeve, 1846
  • Haliotis pertusaReeve, 1846
  • Haliotis revelataDeshayes, 1863

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

Contents

Haliotis rugosaReeve, 1846 is a homonym of Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758.

Subspecies
Original drawing of a shell of Haliotis rugosa rugosa Haliotis rugosa 001.jpg
Original drawing of a shell of Haliotis rugosa rugosa

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm. The shells are oblong, barely arched, and slightly convex. They sport many colours in irregular bands or splotches along the outside of the shell, colours include: lime-green, bright white, and purple-maroon brown. [3] The left side of the shell has many elevated holes set equally distant from each other, and are formed due to the breathing process. These sea snails breath through tubular filaments protruding from each hole, as such, the number of holes in an individual's shell does not change much though its several stages of growth. [4]

Distribution

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

  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. 1 2 Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 April 2010.
  3. ↑ Owen, Buzz (2 May 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3646.2.7. ISSN   1175-5334.
  4. ↑ Reeve, Lowell Augustus; Brooks, Vincent; Reeve, Frederic; Sowerby, G. B.; Sowerby, G. B.; Taylor, John Edward (1843). Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. London: Reeve, Brothers.
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