Subspecies Haliotis ovina ovina Gmelin, 1791
Sheep Ear Shell
Compiler and date details
September 2014 - Des Beechey & Winston F. Ponder, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
December 2012 - Des Beechey, Peter U. Middelfart, Winston F. Ponder & Stephanie Baccarella, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
- Haliotis ovina Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3691].
Type data:
Status unknown, Phillipines. - Haliotis caelata Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [13].
- Haliotis latilabris Philippi, R.A. 1848. Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5: 13-16 [13].
Type data:
Status unknown.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Haliotis ovina ovina Gmelin, 1791. —
Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [106]
Introduction
This nominate subspecies is separated to distinguish it from subspecies Haliotis ovina volcanius Patamakanthin & Eng, 2002, which is restricted to south-west Indonesia.
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Western Pacific, from Malaysia to Fiji
IMCRA
Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.
Extra Ecological Information
To 30 m, between dead coral heads
General References
Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249-256 [249-250, 253-254]
Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [82-84, figs 31-33, 43]
Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [107]
Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R.N. 2003. Marine Molluscs of Vietnam: Annotations, voucher material, and species in need of verification. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 28: 1-299 [20]
Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [49] (as Haliotis ovina Gmelin, 1791)
Common Name References
Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [56] (Sheep Ear Shell)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21-Dec-2012 | HALIOTOIDEA | 21-Dec-2012 | MOVED | Mr Des Beechey (AM) Stephanie Baccarella (AM) Dr Peter Middelfart (AM) Dr Winston Ponder (AM) |
| 04-Sep-2014 | 12-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED |