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Haliotis rufescens (red abalone)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Haliotis rufescens Swainson
2021Haliotis rufescens Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyHaliotoideaRafinesque 1815
familyHaliotidaeRafinesque 1815
genusHaliotisLinnaeus 1758
speciesrufescensSwainson 1822

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Haliotis rufescens Swainson 1822 [red abalone]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-10-09 08:47:07
Modified: 2007-10-09 10:47:07
Source: g = genus, supero = superorder, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Haliotis rufescens (97124)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Haliotis rufescens (202495)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Haliotis rufescens (96592)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Haliotis rufescens (37933 37937 37938 37939 37940 37947 37948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Haliotis rufescens (52347 226466 226467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Haliotis rufescens (160361 202936 219029 240595 240650 240651)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Haliotis rufescens (239418)