Haliotis brazieri

Haliotis brazieri, common name Brazier's ear shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.^[2]

Haliotis brazieri
Drawing with two views of a shell of Haliotis brazieri
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Haliotidae
Genus:	Haliotis
Species:	H. brazieri
Binomial name
Haliotis brazieri Angas, 1869
Synonyms[2]
Haliotis brazieri f. hargravesi Cox, 1869 Haliotis hargravesi Cox, 1869 Haliotis melculus (Iredale, 1927) Haliotis (Padollus) brazieri Angas, 1869 Marinauris brazieri (Angas, 1869) Marinauris hargravesi (Cox, 1869)

Description

"The size of the shell varies between 25 mm and 70 mm. The small shell is rounded, oval and flattened. The surface is smooth except for a strong rounded rib revolving midway between the spire and the row of perforations, and fine, hairlike growth striae all over. The 4 to 6 perforations are round, erect and tubular. The color pattern is flesh-colored, red to blood-red, variegated with a few zigzag green markings above, and outside of the row of holes there are numerous short flames extending toward the columella. The shell has about the form of Haliotis pulcherrima, but is flatter, without radiating folds or spiral striae, except for indistinct indications on the spire. A close inspection shows close fine radiating striae all over. The surface between the holes and the columella is strongly convex. The inner surface is silvery pinkish. The columellar plate is not wide, it is flat. The cavity of the spire is red inside."^[3]

Distribution

This marine species is endemic to Australia and occurs off New South Wales and Queensland.