Haliotis unilateralis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2]

Haliotis unilateralis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. unilateralis
Binomial name
Haliotis unilateralis
Lamarck, 1822

Description edit

The size of the shell varies between 20 mm and 40 mm.

Distribution edit

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

 
Haliotis unilateralis

References edit

  1. ^ Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis unilateralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T78772250A78772633. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78772250A78772633.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Haliotis unilateralis 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, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.

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