Haliotis fatui
Species of gastropod
| Haliotis fatui | |
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| View of a shell of Haliotis fatui | |
Conservation status | |
 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. fatui |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis fatui Geiger, 1999 | |
Haliotis fatui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2]
Description
The size of the subcircular to oval-oblong shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm. It is closely related to Haliotis varia Linnaeus, 1758, but differs in its shell and epipodial characters. The coloration of the shell is brown, yellow brown or dark green.
Distribution
This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific
References
- ^ Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis fatui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T78764797A78772458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78764797A78772458.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Haliotis fatui Geiger, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- Geiger (1999), Description of Haliotis fatui new species (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from the tropical western Pacific; The Nautilus v. 113
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haliotis fatui.
- "Haliotis (Haliotis) fatui". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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