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Haliotis, common name abalone (US), paua (NZ), or ormer (UK), is the only genus in the family Haliotidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haliotis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2293068	https://www.gbif.org/species/2293068
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8845	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8845

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Haliotidae : Haliotis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Vetigastropoda	Salvini-Plawen 1980
superfamily	Haliotoidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Haliotidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Haliotis	Linnæus 1758

Scientific Name

Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758

Name Published In

Linnæus, Carolus. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. Vol. Tomus I, Editio decima, reformata: i-ii, 1-824.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Haliotis	genus	belongs to Haliotidae	stated with evidence	MacNeil, 1960
Haliotis	genus	belongs to Haliotidae	stated without evidence	Kensley and Pether, 1986
Haliotis	genus	belongs to Haliotidae	implied	Short and Potter, 1987
Haliotis	genus	belongs to Haliotidae	stated with evidence	Lozouet et al., 2001
Haliotis	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Haliotis	genus	belongs to Haliotidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

11 (52%)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Vetigastropoda)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Vetigastropoda)

Ecospace Comments

some calcite in outer shell layer according to Dauphin et al. (1989)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Common Name(s)

Abalones, Meerohren, Seeohren, Ormers, Abalone

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haliotis

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Haliotis (Haliotis) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Haliotis (Padollus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		9	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Haliotis (Sulculus) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Haliotis alfredensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis antillesensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Haliotis arabiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis asinina species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Haliotis asinine species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis australis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis benoisti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis brazieri species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Haliotis clathrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis coccoradiata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis corrugata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis cracherodi species	listed (PBDB)		4	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Haliotis cracherodii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis crebrisculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis cyclobates species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis dalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis discus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis dissona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis diversicolor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis drogini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis elsmerensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis fatui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis flemingi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis fulgens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis geigeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis gigantea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis glabra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis iris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis jacnensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis kamtschatkana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis laevigata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Haliotis lasia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis lomaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Haliotis madaka species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis mariae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis marmorata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis mathesonensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis matihetihensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis melculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis midae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis mykonosensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis ovina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis palaea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis parva species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis planata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis pourtalesii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis powelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis pulcherrima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis queketti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis roei species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Haliotis rubiginosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis rubra species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Haliotis rufescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis rugosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis saldanhae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Haliotis santacruzensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis scalaris species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Haliotis semiplicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis sorenseni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis spadicea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis squamosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis stalennuyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis stomatiaeformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis supertexta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis thailandis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis tuberculata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		33	16.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Haliotis unilateralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis varia species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Haliotis virginea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis volhynica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis waitemataensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Haliotis walallensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Haliotis maculosa Küster, 1840	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis maculosa*
Haliotis exigua Dunker, 1877	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis exigua*
Haliotes Radermacher, 1779	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Haliotes*
Holyotis Schinz, 1825	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Holyotis*
Marinauris Iredale, 1927	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Marinauris*
Haliotis rotundata Perry, 1811	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis rotundata*
Haliotis maculata Küster, 1840	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis maculata*
Haliotis coreanica A.Adams, 1883	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis coreanica*
Miohaliotis Itoigawa & Tomida, 1982	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Miohaliotis*
Haliotis interrupta Valenciennes, 1831	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis interrupta*
Exohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Exohaliotis*
Teinotis H.Adams & A.Adams, 1854	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Teinotis*
Haliotis plicata J.H.Gmelin, 1791	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis plicata*
Eurotis Habe & Kosuge, 1964	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Eurotis*
Haliotis hanleyana I.I.Sowerby, 1882	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis hanleyana*
Sulculus H. & A.Adams, 1854	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Sulculus*
Ovinotis Cotton, 1943	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Ovinotis*
Nordotis Habe & Kosuge, 1964	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Nordotis*
Neohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Neohaliotis*
Euhaliotis Wenz, 1938	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Euhaliotis*
Haliotis parma Valenciennes, 1831	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis parma*
Haliotis schroeteri Menke, 1883	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis schroeteri*
Haleotis Binkhorst, 1861	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Haleotis*
Usahaliotis Habe & Kosuge, 1964	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Usahaliotis*
Halyotis Cuvier, 1789	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Halyotis*
Tinotis P.Fischer, 1885	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Tinotis*
Notohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Notohaliotis*
Padollus Montfort, 1810	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Padollus*
Haliotis dubia Lamarck, 1822	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : Haliotis : *Haliotis dubia*
Ovionotis Cotton, 1943	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Ovionotis*
Halioits Tate, 1884	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Halioits*
Sanhaliotis Iredale, 1929	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Sanhaliotis*
Haliothis Schlüter, 1838	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Haliothis*
Schismotis Gray, 1856	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Haliotidae : *Schismotis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1758	Haliotis Linnaeus
1960	Haliotis MacNeil p. 22
1966	Haliotis Ladd p. 25
1986	Haliotis Kensley and Pether p. 149
1987	Haliotis Short and Potter p. 4
1993	Haliotis Wilson p. 48
2001	Haliotis Lozouet et al. p. 16
2002	Haliotis Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Haliotis Bouchet et al. p. 84

Year	Name and Author
1758	Haliotis Linnaeus
1960	Haliotis MacNeil p. 22
1966	Haliotis Ladd p. 25
1986	Haliotis Kensley and Pether p. 149
1987	Haliotis Short and Potter p. 4
1993	Haliotis Wilson p. 48
2001	Haliotis Lozouet et al. p. 16
2002	Haliotis Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Haliotis Bouchet et al. p. 84

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

MacNeil F. S. (1960) Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339, 1-148

Ladd H. S. (1966) Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531, 1-98

Kensley B., Pether J. (1986) Late Tertiary and Early Quaternary Fossil Mollusca for the Hondeklip Area, Cape Province, South Africa, Annals of the South African Museum 97 6, 141-225

Short J. W., Potter D. G. (1987) , Shells of Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef: marine Gastropods

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Lozouet P., Lesport J.-F., et al (2001) Révision des Gastropoda (Mollusca) du stratotype de L'Aquitanien (Miocéne inf.) site de Saucats "Lariey", Gironde, France, Cossmanniana 8, 1-189

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012] - via World Register of Marine Species

Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls. - via World Register of Marine Species

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. - via World Register of Marine Species

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012] - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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