Haliotis speciosa
Haliotis speciosa is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[1][2]
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| Drawing with two views of a shell of Haliotis speciosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Clade: | Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. speciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846 | |
Haliotis speciosa has also been considered to be a synonym of Haliotis alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 and vice versa.
Description
The size of the shell varies between 50 mm and 80 mm. "The oblong-ovate shell is flatly convex, depressed in the middle, spirally elevately striated. The striae are close-set. The six perforations are open. Its color pattern is scarlet red, beautifully variegated with black-edged white. This is a very pretty species, the color being a rich scarlet red, variegated with broad zigzag flames, edged along the front with black." [3]
Distribution
This marine species occurs from the East Cape to Northern Transkei, South Afrika.
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References
- Bouchet, P. (2012). Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207655 on 2013-02-02
- Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. (29 February 2012)
- H.A. Pilsbry (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890
- Reeve, Conch. Icon., f. 47.
- Weinkauff, Conchyl. Cab., p. 49, t. 18, f. 7, 8.
External links
- To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications)
- To World Register of Marine Species
- "Haliotis (Haliotis) speciosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
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