Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda > Subclass Vetigastropoda > Order Lepetellida > Superfamily Haliotoidea > Family Haliotidae

Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Eurotis*	Habe & Kosuge, 1964	synonym
*Haliotis (Padollus)*	Montfort, 1810	synonym; alternate representation
*Padollus*	Montfort, 1810	synonym

Children

Haliotis bistriata Gmelin, 1791
Haliotis marmorata Linnaeus, 1758
Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846
Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822
Haliotis stomatiaeformis Reeve, 1846
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: abalones; ormers sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Abalones; Meerohren; Seeohren

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012). Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012].
additional source	Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758. 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:138050