Haliotis walallensis, common name the flat abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2]
Haliotis walallensis | |
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Dorsal view of a shell of H. walallensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Haliotidae |
Genus: | Haliotis |
Species: | H. walallensis
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Binomial name | |
Haliotis walallensis Stearns, 1899
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Synonyms[2] | |
Haliotis fulgens var. walallensis Stearns, 1899 |
The size of the shell reaches 120 mm.
This marine species occurs in the Pacific Ocean from British Columbia to Southern California.
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