Haliotis fatui
Haliotis fatui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1]
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| View of a shell of Haliotis fatui | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. fatui |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis fatui Geiger, 1999 | |
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
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References
- Haliotis fatui Geiger, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
External links
- "Haliotis (Haliotis) fatui". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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