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Haliotis unilateralis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Gastropoda

Superfamily
  
Haliotoidea

Scientific name
  
Haliotis unilateralis

Phylum
  
Mollusca

Clade
  
Vetigastropoda

Family
  
Haliotidae

Rank
  
Species

Haliotis unilateralis

Similar
  
Haliotis rugosa, Haliotis pourtalesii, Haliotis jacnensis

Haliotis unilateralis 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 shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Red Sea and in the Indian Ocean off Aldabra, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Tanzania.

References

Haliotis unilateralis Wikipedia