Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Haliotoidea Scientific name Haliotis fatui | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Haliotidae Rank Species | |
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Similar Haliotis rugosa, Haliotis jacnensis, Haliotis pourtalesii | ||
Haliotis fatui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.
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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
References
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