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


©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Haliotis varia about 4.5 cm long from the Loomis Reef and Research Station area, Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Haliotis varia about 4.5 cm long from the Loomis Reef and Research Station area, Lizard Island.

©Lexie Gersbeck and Gabi Howarth: Haliotis varia about 4.5 cm long from the Loomis Reef and Research Station area, Lizard Island.
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Archaeogastropoda
Family Haliotididae
Genus Haliotis
Species Haliotis varia

Distinguishing features

Holes in shell are round on slightly elevated tubercles, four or five of them open; spire located posteriorly (Wilson, 1993).

Size

  • Up to 4 cm (length according to Wilson, 1993)
  • Up to 4.5 cm (length of photographed specimen)

Synonyms

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Web resources

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.