Haliotis speciosa

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Haliotis speciosa
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Drawing with two views of a shell of Haliotis speciosa
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(disputed)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. speciosa
Binomial name
Haliotis speciosa
Reeve, 1846

Haliotis speciosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, the abalones. [1] [2]

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Haliotis speciosa has also been considered to be a synonym of Haliotis alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 and vice versa.

Description

The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 80 mm. "The oblong-ovate shell is flatly convex, depressed in the middle, spirally elevately striated. The striae are close-set. The six perforations are open. Its color pattern is scarlet red, beautifully variegated with black-edged white. This is a very pretty species, the color being a rich scarlet red, variegated with broad zigzag flames, edged along the front with black." [3]

Distribution

This marine species occurs from the East Cape to Northern Transkei, South Afrika.

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References

  1. ↑ Bouchet, P. (2012). Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207655 on 2013-02-02
  2. ↑ Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. (29 February 2012)
  3. ↑ H.A. Pilsbry (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890
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