Haliotis pourtalesii aurantium

Haliotis pourtalesii aurantium is a subspecies of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.^[2] This is a Western Atlantic species.

Haliotis pourtalesii aurantium
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Haliotidae
Genus:	Haliotis
Species:	H. pourtalesii
Subspecies:	H. p. aurantium
Trinomial name
Haliotis pourtalesii aurantium Simone, 1998[1]
Synonyms
Haliotis aurantium Simone, 1998 (original combination)

Distribution

This species occurs off Brazil.

Description

The maximum recorded shell length is 15 mm.^[3]

The size of the shell varies between 9 mm and 20 mm.^{[citation needed]}

Habitat

Minimum recorded depth is 48 m.^[3] Maximum recorded depth is 150 m.^[3]