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HALIOTIDAE [2 records]

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Record 1 2023-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mollusks, Echinoderms and Prochordates
Universal entry(ies)
Haliotis kamtschatkana
Latin
OBS

A marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.

OBS

pinto abalone: trade name recommended by the "Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales" and by Fisheries and Oceans Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mollusques, échinodermes et procordés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Haliotis kamtschatkana
Latin
OBS

Mollusque benthique marin que l'on rencontre fréquemment dans les eaux côtières peu profondes s'étalant de l'Alaska jusqu'à la basse Californie.

OBS

ormeau nordique : nom français commercial normalisé par l'OLF et le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des pêches commerciales.

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

[Gastropods of the] family Haliotidae(...) [have the following characteristics : the] shell [is] auriform, depressed, with [the] spire more or less strongly excentric and protruding only slightly or not at all; [the] aperture [is] broad, occupying most of [the] underside;to [the] left of [the] aperture a broad, smooth labial area, beyond which [a] narrow base of [the] shell is just exposed in some species; [the] shell wall(...) [has a] spiral row of small tremata, commonly on tubular projections, which become infilled progressively during growth, the last few(5 to 9) remaining open and serving as exhalant outlets; [the] interior [is] nacreous; [there is] no operculum. "?Cret., Mio.-Rec. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

[La] Famille des Haliotidae [est une] famille de Gastéropodes dibranchiés à coquille auriforme, nacrée. La bandelette sinusaire est constituée par un alignement de perforations au bord de l'ouverture. (...) Crétacé supérieur - Époque actuelle (...)

Spanish

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