Haliotis melculus

Haliotis melculus is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1][2][3]

Haliotis melculus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Superfamily: Haliotoidea
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. melculus
Binomial name
Haliotis melculus
(Iredale, 1927)
Synonyms[1]
  • Haliotis ethologus (Iredale, 1927)
  • Marinauris ethologus Iredale, 1927
  • Marinauris melculus Iredale, 1927

Distribution

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

References

  1. 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
  2. Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.
  3. 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.


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