Kingdom Animalia Class Gastropoda Superfamily Haliotoidea Scientific name Haliotis aurantium | Phylum Mollusca Clade Vetigastropoda Family Haliotidae Rank Species | |
Similar Haliotis pourtalesii, Haliotis, Haliotis jacnensis, Haliotis rugosa | ||
Haliotis pourtalesii aurantium is a subspecies of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones. This is a Western Atlantic species.
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Description
The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 20 mm.
Distribution
This species occurs off Brazil.
References
Haliotis pourtalesii aurantium Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA