Haliotis melculus

Haliotis melculus, the honey abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.^[2][3][4]

Haliotis melculus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Superfamily:	Haliotoidea
Family:	Haliotidae
Genus:	Haliotis
Species:	H. melculus
Binomial name
Haliotis melculus (Iredale, 1927)
Synonyms[2]
Haliotis ethologus (Iredale, 1927) Marinauris ethologus Iredale, 1927 Marinauris melculus Iredale, 1927

Distribution

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