Haliotis melculus
Species of gastropod
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Haliotis melculus, the honey abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.[2][3][4]
| Haliotis melculus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
| Order: | Lepetellida |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. melculus |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis melculus (Iredale, 1927) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Distribution
This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.
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