Haliotis rugosa

Haliotis rugosa, common name the many-holed abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]

Haliotis rugosa
Image of a shell of Haliotis rugosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. rugosa
Binomial name
Haliotis rugosa
Lamarck, 1822
Synonyms[1]
  • Haliotis alternata G.B. Sowerby II, 1882
  • Haliotis multiperforata Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis nebulata Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis pertusa Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis revelata Deshayes, 1863

Haliotis rugosa Reeve, 1846 is a homonym of Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758.

Subspecies
  • Haliotis rugosa multiperforata Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis rugosa pustulata Reeve, 1846 (distribution: off Madagascar and the east coast of Africa, to the Red Sea and east to Yemen)
  • Haliotis rugosa rodriguensis Owen, 2013 (distribution: Rodrigues Island, Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean)
  • Haliotis rugosa rugosa Lamarck, 1822
Original drawing of a shell of Haliotis rugosa rugosa

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean off Réunion and Mauritius.

References
  1. Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
  • Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T., 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. ConchBooks, Germany. 1–135
  • Owen B. (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.
  • "Haliotis (Haliotis) rugosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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