Haliotis dissona is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2]

Haliotis dissona
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. dissona
Binomial name
Haliotis dissona
(Iredale T., 1929)
Synonyms[2]
  • Haliotis (Haliotis) dissona (Iredale T., 1929)
  • Sanhaliotis dissona Iredale, 1929

Description edit

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 35 mm.

Distribution edit

This species occurs in the Pacific Ocean off Fiji, Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, Tonga; and off Queensland, Australia.

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis dissona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T78764274A78772438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78764274A78772438.en.
  2. ^ a b 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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