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

Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Haliotis*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name
*Eurotis*	Habe & Kosuge, 1964	synonym
*Haliotis (Padollus)*	Montfort, 1810	synonym
*Padollus*	Montfort, 1810	synonym

Species group names

*Haliotis adriatica*	Nardo, 1847	synonym
*Haliotis lamellosa*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym
*Haliotis lamellosa var. auriculata*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Haliotis lamellosa var. marmorata*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Haliotis lamellosa var. planata*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Haliotis lamellosa var. producta*	Monterosato, 1888	synonym
*Haliotis lamellosa var. rubra*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Haliotis lamellosa var. viridis*	Pallary, 1900	synonym
*Haliotis marmorata*	Linnaeus, 1758 sensu O. G. Costa, 1830	synonym
*Haliotis reticulata var. bisundata*	Monterosato, 1884	synonym
*Haliotis speciosa*	Reeve, 1846	synonym
*Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa*	Lamarck, 1822	synonym

Children

Haliotis tuberculata coccinea Reeve, 1846
Haliotis tuberculata tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Catalan: greixereta; orella de mar; sabateta de la Mare de Déu sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Dutch: gewone zeeoor; gewoon zee-oor; zee-oor sources: VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;de Bruyne, R.H.; Bank, R.A.; Adema, J.P.H.M.; Perk, F.A. (1994). Nederlandse naamlijst van de weekdieren (Mollusca) van Nederland en Belgie: feestuitgave ter gelegenheid van het zestig-jarig jubileum van de Nederlandse Malacologische Vereniging [Dutch namelist of the Mollusca from the Netherlands and Belgium: festive edition at the occasion of the 60-year jubilee of the Dutch Malacological Society]. Backhuys Publishers: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73348-33-1. 149 pp.;Hayward, P.; Nelson-Smith, A.; Shields, C. (1999). Gids van kust en strand: flora en fauna [Coast and beach guide: flora and fauna]. Tirion: Baarn, Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-327-5. 352, ill. pp.

English: abalone; common ormer; ear shell; European edible abalone; green ormer; lamellated haliotis; ormer; tuberculate abalone sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;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.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

French: orcille de mer; ormeau; ormeau de Méditerranée; ormeau tuberculeux sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.;Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.

German: Gemeine Abalone; Gemeines Meerohr; gemeines Seeohr; Meerohr 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.;VLIZ. (2016). Wetenschappelijke en handelsbenamingen voor visserij- en aquacultuurproducten op de Belgische markt. VLIZ Beleidsinformerende Nota's, BIN 2016_001. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee: Oostende. 28 + Annex. pp.;Lindner, G. (1999). Schelpengids: schelpen uit de wereldzeeën, vorm, voorkomen, systematiek [The shell guide: shells from the world oceans, shape, distribution and systematics]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-409-3. 320 pp.

Italian: orecchia marina sources: TermCat, The Center for Terminology.

Japanese: セイヨウトコブシ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Portuguese: orelha sources: Davidson, A. (2001). North Atlantic fish cookbook [Noord-Atlantisch viskookboek]. Scepter: Bussum, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-72653-14-9. 556 pp.

Spanish, Castillian: oreja de mar

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	Mgaya, Y. D.; Mercer, J. P. (1994). A review of the biology, ecology, fisheries and mariculture of the European abalone Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 (Gastropoda: Haliotidae). Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 94B(3): 285-304.
additional source	Dominici, S., Forli, M., Brunetti, M. M. & Taviani, M. (2025). Fossil abalones of Europe and their relationships with modern Haliotis (Haliotidae, Gastropoda): a multivariate analysis. Journal of Paleontology. DOI 10.1017/jpa.2024.50: 1-32.
additional source	Van den Biggelaar, Jo A. M. 1993. Cleavage pattern in embryos of Haliotis tuberculata (Archaeogastropoda) and gastropod phylogeny. Journal of Morphology 216: 121-139.
additional source	Nicklès, M. (1950). Mollusques testacés marins de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. Manuels Ouest-Africains: 2. Paris: Lechevalier. 269 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Haliotis tuberculata 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:140059