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''Haliotis fulgens'', commonly called the green abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones. Subspecies: * ''Haliotis fulgens fulgens'' Philippi, 1845 * ''Haliotis fulgens guadalupensis'' Talmadge, 1964 * ''Haliotis fulgens turveri'' Bartsch, 1942 ==Description== The size of the shell varties between 75 mm and 255 mm. "The large, oval, quite convex shell is sculptured all over with equal rounded cords or lirae. Its coloration is reddish-brown. Generally five holes are open. The form is oval. The back of the shell is quite convex. It is solid, but thinner than ''Haliotis rufescens''. The outer surface has a uniform dull reddish-brown color. It is sculptured with rounded spiral lirae, nearly equal in size. These number 30 to 40 on the upper surface. At the row of the holes there is an angle. The surface below it slopes almost perpendicularly to the columellar edge, and has about midway an obtuse keel. The spire does not project above the general curve of the back. The inner surface is dark, mostly blue and green with dark coppery stains, pinkish within the spire. The muscle impression is painted in a peculiar and brilliant pattern, like a peacock's tail. The columellar plate is wide, flat, and slopes inward. The cavity of the spire is small, almost concealed. The about five perforations are rather small, elevated and circular." 〔 (H.A. Pilsbry (1890) Manual of Conchology XII; Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1890 ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Haliotis fulgens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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