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Haliotis fatui
View of a shell of Haliotis fatui
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Haliotoidea
Family:	Haliotidae
Genus:	Haliotis
Species:	H. fatui
Binomial name
Haliotis fatui Geiger, 1999

Haliotis fatui is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.

Description

The size of the subcircular to oval-oblong shell varies between 30 mm and 60 mm. It is closely related to Haliotis varia Linnaeus, 1758, but differs in its shell and epipodial characters. The coloration of the shell is brown, yellow brown or dark green.

Distribution

This marine species occurs in the central Indo-Pacific

References

1. Peters, H. (2021). "Haliotis fatui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T78764797A78772458. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78764797A78772458.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Haliotis fatui Geiger, 1999. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 9 April 2010.

• Geiger (1999), Description of Haliotis fatui new species (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from the tropical western Pacific; The Nautilus v. 113

External links

• "Haliotis (Haliotis) fatui". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.

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