''Haliotis melculus'', the honey abalone, is a
species of
sea snail
Sea snail is a common name for slow-moving marine gastropod molluscs, usually with visible external shells, such as whelk or abalone. They share the taxonomic class Gastropoda with slugs, which are distinguished from snails primarily by the ...
, a
marine
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gastropod
The gastropods (), commonly known as snails and slugs, belong to a large taxonomic class of invertebrates within the phylum Mollusca called Gastropoda ().
This class comprises snails and slugs from saltwater, from freshwater, and from land. T ...
mollusk in the
family Haliotidae, the
abalone
Abalone ( or ; via Spanish , from Rumsen ''aulón'') is a common name for any of a group of small to very large marine gastropod molluscs in the family (biology), family Haliotidae. Other common name
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[Bouchet, P. (2012). ''Haliotis melculus'' (Iredale, 1927). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445378 on 2013-02-02][Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. (29 February 2012)]
Distribution
This marine species is
endemic to Australia and occurs off
New South Wales and
Queensland.
References
* Iredale, T. 1927. ''Caloundra Shells''. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46
* Cotton, B.C. 1952. ''Family Haliotidae''. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 1: 3 pp., 1pl
* Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. ''Queensland and Great Barrier Reef Shells''. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp.
* Wilson, B. 1993. ''Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods''. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp.
External links
World Register of Marine Species
melculus
Gastropods described in 1927
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