Species under Haliotis
n= 62
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Haliotis alfredensis
Bartsch, 1915
Southeast Atlantic
Haliotis arabiensis
Owen, Regter & Van Laethem, 2016
Western Indian Ocean
Haliotis asinina
Linnaeus, 1758
Donkey's ear abalone Indo-West Pacific 12
Haliotis assimilis
Dall, 1878
Threaded abalone East Pacific
Haliotis aurantium
Simone, 1998
Western Atlantic 1.5
Haliotis australis
Gmelin, 1790
Australian abalone Southwest Pacific
Haliotis brazieri
Angas, 1869
Brazier's ear shell Southwest Pacific
Haliotis clathrata
Reeve, 1846
Lovely abalone Western Central Pacific
Haliotis coccoradiata
Reeve, 1846
Southwest Pacific
Haliotis corrugata
Wood, 1828
Pink abalone Eastern Pacific 25
Haliotis cracherodii
Leach, 1814
Black abalone Eastern Pacific 29
Haliotis crebrisculpta
Sowerby, 1914
Western Central Pacific
Haliotis cyclobates
PĂ©ron & Lesueur, 1816
Eastern Indian Ocean
Haliotis dalli
Henderson, 1915
Southeast Pacific
Haliotis discus
Reeve, 1846
Japanese abalone Northwest Pacific
Haliotis dissona
(Iredale, 1929)
Western Central Pacific
Haliotis diversicolor
unspecified
Varicoloured abalone Northwest Pacific
Haliotis dohrniana
Dunker, 1863
Dohrn's abalone Indo-West Pacific
Haliotis dringii
Reeve, 1846
Indo-West Pacific
Haliotis drogini
Owen & Reitz, 2012
Eastern Central Pacific
Haliotis elegans
Koch, 1844
Eastern Indian Ocean
Haliotis fatui
Geiger, 1999
Western Central Pacific
Haliotis fulgens
Philippi, 1845
Green abalone Eastern Pacific 25
Haliotis geigeri
Owen, 2014
Eastern Central Atlantic
Haliotis gigantea
unspecified
Giant abalone Northwest Pacific 30
Haliotis glabra
Gmelin, 1791
Glistening abalone Western Central Pacific 5
Haliotis iris
Martyn, 1784
Black paua Southwest Pacific
Haliotis jacnensis
Reeve, 1846
Jacna abalone Western Central Pacific
Haliotis kamtschatkana
Jonas, 1845
Pinto abalone Eastern Pacific 17.5
Haliotis laevigata
Donovan, 1808
Greenlip abalone Eastern Indian Ocean
Haliotis madaka
(Habe, 1977)
Northwest Pacific
Haliotis mariae
Wood, 1828
Western Indian Ocean
Haliotis marmorata
Linnaeus, 1758
Eastern Atlantic
Haliotis melculus
(Iredale, 1927)
Western Central Pacific
Haliotis midae
Linnaeus, 1758
Perlemoen abalone Southeast Atlantic 25
Haliotis mykonosensis
Owen, Hanavan & Hall, 2001
Mediterranean
Haliotis neglecta
Philippi, 1848
Mediterranean Sea
Haliotis ovina
Gmelin, 1791
Oval abalone Indo-West Pacific 7
Haliotis parva
Linnaeus, 1758
Spiral-ridged siffie Eastern Atlantic Ocean
Haliotis planata
Sowerby, 1833
Planate abalone Indo-West Pacific 4.5
Haliotis pourtalesii
Dall, 1881
Pourtales abalone Western Central Atlantic 3
Haliotis pulcherrima
Gmelin, 1791
Eastern Central Pacific
Haliotis pustulata
Reeve, 1846
Mediterranean Sea and Western Indian Ocean
Haliotis queketti
Smith, 1910
Southeast Atlantic and Western Indian Ocean
Haliotis roei
Gray, 1826
Eastern Indian Ocean
Haliotis rubiginosa
Reeve, 1846
Southwest Pacific
Haliotis rubra
Leach, 1814
Blacklip abalone Indo-West Pacific 20
Haliotis rufescens
Swainson, 1822
Red abalone Eastern Pacific 26
Haliotis rugosa
Lamarck, 1822
Western Indian Ocean
Haliotis scalaris
(Leach, 1814)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Haliotis semiplicata
Menke, 1843
Eastern Central Pacific
Haliotis sorenseni
Bartsch, 1940
White abalone Eastern Pacific 25
Haliotis spadicea
Donovan, 1808
Venus ear Southeast Atlantic
Haliotis speciosa
Reeve, 1846
Southeast Atlantic
Haliotis squamosa
Gray, 1826
Western Indian Ocean
Haliotis stomatiaeformis
Reeve, 1846
Mediterranean Sea
Haliotis thailandis
Dekker & Patamakanthin, 2001
Western Central Pacific
Haliotis tuberculata
Linnaeus, 1758
Tuberculate abalone Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean 12.3
Haliotis unilateralis
Lamarck, 1822
Western Indian Ocean
Haliotis varia
Linnaeus, 1758
Variable abalone Indo-West Pacific 8
Haliotis virginea
Gmelin, 1791
White foot paua Southwest Pacific
Haliotis walallensis
Stearns, 1899
Flat abalone Eastern Pacific 17.5
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