Haliotis rugosa, common name the many-holed abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2]
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| Image of a shell of Haliotis rugosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. rugosa
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| Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822
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Haliotis rugosa Reeve, 1846 is a homonym of Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758.
- Subspecies
- Haliotis rugosa multiperforata Reeve, 1846
- Haliotis rugosa pustulata Reeve, 1846 (distribution: off Madagascar and the east coast of Africa, to the Red Sea and east to Yemen)
- Haliotis rugosa rodriguensis Owen, 2013 (distribution: Rodrigues Island, Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean)
- Haliotis rugosa rugosa Lamarck, 1822
Description edit
The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 70 mm.
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Distribution edit
This species occurs in the Western Indian Ocean from the Red Sea south through most of the eastern coast of Africa, and east to Réunion and Mauritius.
References edit
- ^ Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis rugosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T78771608A78772578. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78771608A78772578.en.
- ^ a b Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.
- Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T., 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. ConchBooks, Germany. 1–135
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haliotis rugosa.
- Owen B. (2013) Notes on the correct taxonomic status of Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822, and Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846, with description of a new subspecies from Rodrigues Island, Mascarene Islands, Indian Ocean (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Zootaxa 3646(2): 189–193.
- "Haliotis (Haliotis) rugosa". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.