Haliotis dalli: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Class
Gastropoda
Order
Lepetellida
Family
Haliotidae
Genus
Haliotis
Species
Haliotis dalli
Scientific Name
Haliotis dalli

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Haliotis dalli

Haliotis dalli, common name the Galápagos abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.

It has been confused in the past with Haliotis pourtalesii Dall, 1881, that occurs off Florida. This was due to the destruction of the holotype of Haliotis pourtalesii in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.

Subspecies
  • Haliotis dalli dalli Henderson, 1915
  • Haliotis dalli roberti McLean, 1970 (synonym: Haliotis roberti McLean, 1970)
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Haliotis dalli in languages:

English
Galapagos abalone