Haliotis rugosa pustulata

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Haliotis rugosa pustulata
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Top view of a shell of Haliotis rugosa pustulata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. rugosa
Subspecies:
H. r. pustulata
Trinomial name
Haliotis rugosa pustulata
Reeve, 1846
Synonyms [1]
  • Haliotis (Sulculus) pustulataReeve, 1846
  • Haliotis cruentaReeve, 1846
  • Haliotis jousseaumiMabille, 1888
  • Haliotis pustulataReeve, 1846 (original rank)
  • Haliotis scutulumReeve, 1846

Haliotis rugosa pustulata is a subspecies of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones. [1]

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Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 60 mm. The left side of the shell has holes set equally distant from each other, these holes are made during the breathing process. The Haliotis rugosa pustulata breaths through tubular filaments protruding from each hole, as such, the number of holes on an individual does not change much through its several stages of growth. [2]

Distribution

This marine subspecies occurs in the Red Sea and in the western part of the Indian Ocean.

References

  1. 1 2 Haliotis rugosa pustulata Reeve, 1846 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 9 April 2010.
  2. ↑ Reeve, Lowell Augustus; Reeve, Lowell Augustus; Brooks, Vincent; Reeve, Frederic; Sowerby, G. B.; Sowerby, G. B.; Taylor, John Edward; Reeve, Benham; Savill, Edwards and Co (1845). Conchologia iconica, or, Illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals. Vol. v.3 (1845). London: Reeve, Brothers.


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