Haliotis diversicolor explained

Haliotis diversicolor, common name the variously coloured abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.

Subspecies

• Haliotis diversicolor diversicolor Reeve, 1846
• Haliotis diversicolor squamata Reeve, 1846 the scaly Australian abalone - synonyms: Haliotis elevata G.B. Sowerby II, 1882; Haliotis funebris Reeve, 1846; Haliotis squamata Reeve, 1846

Description

The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 85 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in temperate northwestern Pacific Ocean off Japan, Taiwan, Vietnam Bạch Long Vĩ, Cô Tô, Hạ Long Bay;^[1] off Australia (Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia), and in Indonesian waters (Bali) and off New Caledonia. The shell from these last two sites differ somewhat from the holotype by being a bit more elongate and having a dark sepia color.^[2]

References

• Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of forty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53–59
• Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.
• Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp.

Notes and References

1. Web site: DANH MỤC CÁC LOÀI THỦY SINH QUÝ HIẾM, CÓ NGUY CƠ TUYỆT CHỦNG Ở VIỆT NAM CẦN ĐƯỢC BẢO VỆ, PHỤC HỒI VÀ PHÁT TRIỂN . 17 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090107005623/http://www.vncreatures.net/vanbankl33.php . 7 January 2009 . dead .
2. Geiger, D. L. 1998. Recent genera and species of the family Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). The Nautilus 111: 85–116.