species: Haliotis ovina in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
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Haliotis ovina


©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Haliotis ovina 5.5 cm widefrom MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Haliotis ovina 5.5 cm widefrom MacGillivray Reef near Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Archaeogastropoda
Family Haliotididae
Genus Haliotis
Species Haliotis ovina

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Lizard Island area: all known taxa
Lizard Island Field Guide

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Distinguishing features

Holes in shell are round on slightly elevated tubercles, four of them open (Wilson, 1993).

Size

  • Up to 6 cm (width according to Wilson, 1993)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

References that assist with identification

  • Wilson, B. (1993). Australian Marine Shells: 1. Prosobranch gastropods Odyssey Publishing, Kallaroo, Western Australia.

Other references

  • Robertson, R. (1981). List of shell-bearing mollusks observed and collected at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Tryonia, 4: 1-32. LIRS catalog number 403.
  • Scardino, A.J. (2006). Biomimetic fouling control, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University. LIRS catalog number 1300.