- Haliotis gigantea
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Haliotis gigantea Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Vetigastropoda Superfamily: Haliotoidea Family: Haliotidae Genus: Haliotis Species: H. gigantea Binomial name Haliotis gigantea
Gmelin, 1791Haliotis gigantea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones. It is known as Siebold's Abalone, after Philipp Franz von Siebold.[1]
Distribution
H. gigantea is endemic to the waters off Japan[2] and Korea.[3]
References
- ^ "“Siebold's abalone (Nordotis gigantea), disk abalone (Nrodotis discus), and red sea cucumber (Holothroidea) in Fukuoka Prefecture”". JST: Science Links Japan. 2009. http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200403/000020040303A0861607.php. Retrieved February 16, 2011.
- ^ Oliver, A.P.H. (2004). Guide to Seashells of the World. Buffalo: Firefly Books. 22.
- ^ (Japanese) Uichida K. & Yamamoto T. (1942). "朝鮮近海に於けるアハビの分布 On the distribution of Haliotis species in the Korean waters". ヴヰナス The Venus 11(4): 119-125. abstract
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