Haliotis semiplicata

Haliotis semiplicata, common name the semiplicate abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]

Haliotis semiplicata
Apical view of a shell of Haliotis semiplicata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Clade: Vetigastropoda
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. semiplicata
Binomial name
Haliotis semiplicata
Menke, 1843
Synonyms[1]

Haliotis lauta Reeve, 1846

Description

The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the Western Pacific and off Western Australia.

References

  1. Haliotis semiplicata Menke, 1843. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 5 February 2013.
  • Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1–46.
  • Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of forty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59
  • Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
  • Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp. 83pls.
  • Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120
  • Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. page(s): 124
  • "Haliotis (Haliotis) semiplicata". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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