Haliotis dissona
Haliotis dissona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]
| Haliotis dissona | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. dissona |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis dissona (Iredale T., 1929) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 35 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji, Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, Tonga; and off Queensland, Australia.
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References
- Haliotis dissona (Iredale, 1929). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31
- 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. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp.
- Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5–12): 57–120
- Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249–256
- Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp
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