Haliotis melculus
| Haliotis melculus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. melculus
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| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis melculus (Iredale, 1927)
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Haliotis melculus, the honey abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.[2][3][4]
Distribution
[edit]This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.
References
[edit]- ^ Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis melculus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T78771080A78772513. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78771080A78772513.en.
- ^ a b 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
- ^ Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.
- ^ 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.
External links
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