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Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846

207655  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:207655)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Lepetellida (Order)
  7. Haliotoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Haliotidae (Family)
  9. Haliotis (Genus)
  10. Haliotis speciosa (Species)
 unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Haliotis. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pls 1-17 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls 1-4, April 1846; pls 5-8, May 1846; pls 9-12, June 1846; pl. 13-17, July 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118661#page/277/mode/1up [details] 
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207655 on 2025-05-08
Date
action
by
2000-07-25 07:03:11Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2009-12-21 10:16:28Z
changed
Tran, Bastien
2012-03-03 20:01:22Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2015-06-11 15:53:58Z
changed
Bouchet, Philippe
2022-01-27 23:12:16Z
changed
Marshall, Bruce

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Nomenclature

original description Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Haliotis. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 3, pls 1-17 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls 1-4, April 1846; pls 5-8, May 1846; pls 9-12, June 1846; pl. 13-17, July 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118661#page/277/mode/1up [details] 

Taxonomy

source of synonymy Owen B. (2006). The correct identity of the type lot of Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846 and proposed appropriate nomenclatural changes that reflect this discovery. Of Sea & Shore. 27(3): 204-207, 209-210, 213-214. [details] 

Other

additional source Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005). Offshore shells of southern Africa: A pictorial guide to more than 750 gastropods. Published by the authors. pp. i–vi, 1–289.
page(s): 11; note: Material = H. alfredensis [details] 

additional source Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012). Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012].
page(s): 127 [details] 

subsequent type designation Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.
page(s): 85 [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

LanguageName 
English beautiful ear-shell  [details]
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