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Family: Haliotidae abalones



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63 species (see list below)
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Haliotis alfredensis
[]
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Haliotis arabiensis
[]

Tabaranza, Don Geoff

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 12 cm ShH
Haliotis asininaLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Tabaranza, Don Geoff
 
Haliotis asinina
[Donkey's ear abalone]
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Haliotis assimilis
[Threaded abalone]
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Max. Length 1.5 cm DL
 
Haliotis aurantium
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Haliotis australisGmelin, 1790

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Haliotis australis
[Australian abalone]
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Haliotis brazieri
[Brazier's ear shell]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific

Haliotis clathrataReeve, 1846

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Haliotis clathrata
[Lovely abalone]
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Haliotis coccoradiata
[]
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Max. Length 25 cm TL
 
Haliotis corrugata
[Pink abalone]
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Max. Length 29 cm SHW
 
Haliotis cracherodii
[Black abalone]
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Haliotis crebrisculpta
[]
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Haliotis cyclobates
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Southeast Pacific

Haliotis dalliHenderson, 1915

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Haliotis dalli
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific

Haliotis discusReeve, 1846

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Haliotis discus
[Japanese abalone]
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Haliotis dissona
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific

Haliotis diversicolorunspecified

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Haliotis diversicolor
[Varicoloured abalone]
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Haliotis dohrniana
[Dohrn's abalone]
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Haliotis dringii
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Haliotis drogini
[]
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Haliotis elegans
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Haliotis fatui
[]
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Max. Length 25 cm SHL
 
Haliotis fulgens
[Green abalone]
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Haliotis geigeri
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Northwest Pacific
Max. Length 30 cm ShL
Haliotis giganteaunspecified

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Haliotis gigantea
[Giant abalone]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Western Central Pacific
Max. Length 5 cm ShH
Haliotis glabraGmelin, 1791

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Haliotis glabra
[Glistening abalone]
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Haliotis iris
[Black paua]
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Haliotis jacnensis
[Jacna abalone]
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Max. Length 17.5 cm SHL
 
Haliotis kamtschatkana
[Pinto abalone]
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Haliotis laevigata
[Greenlip abalone]
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Haliotis madaka
[]
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Haliotis mariae
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Eastern Atlantic

Haliotis marmorataLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Haliotis marmorata
[]
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Haliotis melculus
[]
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Max. Length 25 cm ShL
 
Haliotis midae
[Perlemoen abalone]
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Haliotis mykonosensis
[]
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Haliotis neglecta
[]

Coltro, Marcus

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 7 cm ShH
Haliotis ovinaGmelin, 1791

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Haliotis ovina
[Oval abalone]
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Haliotis parva
[Spiral-ridged siffie]

FAO

Indo-West Pacific
Max. Length 4.5 cm ShH
Haliotis planataSowerby, 1833

Photo by FAO
 
Haliotis planata
[Planate abalone]
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Max. Length 3 cm DL
 
Haliotis pourtalesii
[Pourtales abalone]
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Haliotis pulcherrima
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Haliotis pustulata
[]
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Haliotis queketti
[]
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Haliotis roberti
[]
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Haliotis roei
[]
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Haliotis rubiginosa
[]
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Max. Length 20 cm SHW
 
Haliotis rubra
[Blacklip abalone]
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Max. Length 26 cm SHL
 
Haliotis rufescens
[Red abalone]
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Haliotis rugosa
[]
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Haliotis scalaris
[]
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Haliotis semiplicata
[]
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Max. Length 25 cm TL
 
Haliotis sorenseni
[White abalone]
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Haliotis spadicea
[Venus ear]
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Haliotis speciosa
[]
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Haliotis squamosa
[]
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Haliotis stomatiaeformis
[]
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Haliotis thailandis
[]

FAO

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 12.3 cm SHL
Haliotis tuberculataLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by FAO
 
Haliotis tuberculata
[Tuberculate abalone]

Coltro, Marcus

Western Indian Ocean.

Haliotis unilateralisLamarck, 1822

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Haliotis unilateralis
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Indo-West Pacific.
Max. Length 8 cm SHL
Haliotis variaLinnaeus, 1758

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Haliotis varia
[Variable abalone]

Coltro, Marcus

Southwest Pacific

Haliotis virgineaGmelin, 1791

Photo by Coltro, Marcus
 
Haliotis virginea
[White foot paua]
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Max. Length 17.5 cm TL
 
Haliotis walallensis
[Flat abalone]


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