Haliotis fatui
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| View of a shell of Haliotis fatui | |
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. fatui
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| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis fatui Geiger, 1999
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Haliotis fatui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2]
Description
[edit]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
[edit]This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haliotis fatui.
- "Haliotis (Haliotis) fatui". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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