Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Trochida > Superfamily Trochoidea > Family Trochidae > Subfamily Stomatellinae > Genus Stomatella

Stomatella impertusa (Burrow, 1815)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stomatella*	Lamarck, 1816	accepted genus name
*Gena*	Gray, 1842	synonym
*Stomatella (Gena)*	Gray, 1842	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒメアワビ

Literature

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Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Stomatella impertusa (Burrow, 1815). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:180897