Haliotis squamosa

Haliotis squamosa, common name the squamose abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.

"The shell has an oblong-ovate shape, transversely obliquely wrinkled and spirally tubularly ribbed.

This is an extremely interesting species, well characterized by its close ribs of scale-like tubercles, ranging across the shell in oblique waves.

In the middle portion of the shell there is a fine ridge running between the ribs.

"[3] This species occurs in the Indian Ocean off southern Madagascar.

Large Haliotis squamosa shell (with epizoa) from near Tolagnaro (Fort-Dauphin), Madagascar. Length of 95.5 mm.