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Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758

Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758Specimens from Calahonda, Málaga, Spain (actual sizes 36.6 and 32.5 mm).
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758
Specimens from Calahonda, Málaga, Spain (actual sizes 36.6 and 32.5 mm).

140059  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:140059)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Lepetellida (Order)
  7. Haliotoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Haliotidae (Family)
  9. Haliotis (Genus)
  10. Haliotis tuberculata (Species)
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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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 780 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Distribution absent from British and Irish mainlands  
Distribution absent from British and Irish mainlands [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140059 on 2025-09-10
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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Gofas, Serge
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2008-05-21 19:31:37Z
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Gofas, Serge
2010-03-01 10:43:21Z
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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.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 780 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Haliotis reticulata var. bisundata Monterosato, 1884) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1883-1885). Conchiglie littorali mediterranee. <em>Il Naturalista Siciliano.</em> [1] 3(3): 87–91 [December 1st, 1883]; [2] 3(4): 102-111 [January 1st, 1884]; [3] 3(5): 137-140 [February 1st, 1884]; [4] 3(6): 159-163 [March 1st, 1884]; [5] 3(8): 227-231 [May 1st, 1884]; [6] 3(10): 277-281 [July 1st, 1884]; [7] 4(1-2): 21-25 [October 1st, 1884]; [8] 4(3): 60-63 [December 1st, 1884]; [9] 4(4): 80-84 [January 1st, 1885]; [10] 4(8): 200-204 [May 1st, 1885]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11564513
page(s): p.104 [details] 

original description (of Haliotis lamellosa var. planata Monterosato, 1888) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1888-1889). Molluschi del Porto di Palermo. Specie e varietà. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 13(11–13): 161–180. [October 15th, 1888]; 14(4-6): 75-81 [April 20th, 1889]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39283622 [details] 

original description (of Haliotis lamellosa var. auriculata Monterosato, 1888) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1888-1889). Molluschi del Porto di Palermo. Specie e varietà. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 13(11–13): 161–180. [October 15th, 1888]; 14(4-6): 75-81 [April 20th, 1889]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39283622 [details] 

original description (of Haliotis lamellosa var. producta Monterosato, 1888) Monterosato, T. A. di. (1888-1889). Molluschi del Porto di Palermo. Specie e varietà. <em>Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana.</em> 13(11–13): 161–180. [October 15th, 1888]; 14(4-6): 75-81 [April 20th, 1889]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39283622 [details] 

original description (of Haliotis lamellosa var. viridis Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965 [details] 

original description (of Haliotis lamellosa var. rubra Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 358 [details] 

original description (of Haliotis lamellosa var. marmorata Pallary, 1900) Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. <em>Journal de Conchyliologie.</em> 48(3): 211-422., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25146965
page(s): 358 [details] 

original description (of Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846) Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus <i>Haliotis</i>. In: <i>Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals</i>, vol. 3, pls 1-17 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London. [stated dates: pls 1-4, April 1846; pls 5-8, May 1846; pls 9-12, June 1846; pl. 13-17, July 1846]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11118661#page/277/mode/1up [details] 

original description (of Haliotis lamellosa Lamarck, 1822) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author. , available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13181853
page(s): 217 [details] 

original description (of Haliotis adriatica Nardo, 1847) Nardo, G.D. (1847). Sinonimia Moderna delle Specie Regisrate nell'Opera Intitolata: Descrizione de'Crostacei, de'Testacei e de'Pesci che Abitano le Lagune e Golfo Veneto Rappressentati in Figure, a Chiaro-scuro ed a Colori dall'Abate Stefano Chiereghini Ven. Clodiense. <em>Antonelli: Venezia.</em> [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.]., available online at http://books.google.es/books?id=wU09AAAAYAAJ [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Haliotis prisca De Cristofori & Jan, 1832) De Cristofori, G.; Jan, G. (1832). <i>Catalogus in IV sectiones divisus rerum naturalium in Museo exstantium Josephi de Cristofori et Georgii Jan plurium acad. scient. et societ. Nat. cur. sodalium complectens adumbatrionem oryctognosiae et geognosiae atque prodromus Faunae et Florae Italiae superioris</i>. Sectio II. Conchyliologia. Pars 1a. Conspectus methodicus molluscorum. Fasc. 1us. Testacea terrestria et fluviatilia. [Includes: Dispositio methodica generum quibus Mollusca terrestria et fluviatilia in collectione nostra addicuntur, 2 pp.; Conchylia terrestria et fluviatilia in collectione nostra exstantia cum aliis ea deficientibus commutanda atque argento aequiparanda, 8 pp.; Mantissa in secundam partem catalogi testaceorum exstantium in collectione quam possident De-Cristofori et Jan, exhibens Characteres essentiales specierum Molluscorum terrestrium et fluviatilium ab eis enunciatarum in prima parte ejusdem Catalogi, 4 pp.; Excerptum e primo nostro programmate (Calendis Novembris, 1831), p. 1.; Excerptum e secundo nostro programmate (12° Calendas Aprilis 1832), 1 p.; Excerptum e secundo nostro programmate (21° Martii 1832). Sectio Secunda. Conchyliologia, 2 pp; Conchylia fossilia ex formatione telluris tertiaria in collectione nostra exstantia, 16 pp. Milano (Pirotta). , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/122163
page(s): Conchylia fossilia: 3; note: nomen nudum [details] 

basis of record Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012). Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. <em>Hackenheim: Conchbooks.</em> viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012]. [details] 

additional source Mgaya, Y. D.; Mercer, J. P. (1994). A review of the biology, ecology, fisheries and mariculture of the European abalone <i>Haliotis tuberculata</i> Linnaeus 1758 (Gastropoda: Haliotidae). <em>Biology and Environment: Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 94B(3): 285-304. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Dominici, S., Forli, M., Brunetti, M. M. & Taviani, M. (2025). Fossil abalones of Europe and their relationships with modern <i>Haliotis</i> (Haliotidae, Gastropoda): a multivariate analysis. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> DOI 10.1017/jpa.2024.50: 1-32., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2024.50
page(s): figs 16.1-16.13 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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. [details] 

additional source Nicklès, M. (1950). <i>Mollusques testacés marins de la côte occidentale d'Afrique</i>. Manuels Ouest-Africains: 2. Paris: Lechevalier. 269 pp.
page(s): 35. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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Distribution absent from British and Irish mainlands [details]
LanguageName 
Catalan sabateta de la Mare de Déuorella de margreixereta  [details]
Dutch zee-oorgewoon zee-oor  [details]
English ormerlamellated haliotisgreen ormerear shellcommon ormerbeautiful ear-shell [from synonym]abalone  [details]
French ormeau de Méditerranéeormeauorcille de mer  [details]
German Meerohr  [details]
Italian orecchia marina  [details]
Portuguese orelha  [details]
Spanish oreja de mar  [details]
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Lamarck, 1822 Italy, Toscana, Grosseto, Argentario, Cala Piccola, in shell grit, by diving at 30 m depth, collected 1980-07-04, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Côtes-d'Armor, Baie de Saint-Brieuc, by diving at 3-20 m depth, collected 2002-00-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Côtes-d'Armor, Baie de Saint-Brieuc, by diving at 3-20 m depth, collected 2002-00-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Cotes-d'Armor, Saint Jacut-de-la-Mer) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, Ar Kastell, W of La Digue, alive at LWST, under large boulders, sampled manually, collected 2021-09-21 .) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 France, Bretagne, Finistère, Île-Molène, Ar Kastell, W of La Digue, alive at LWST, under large boulders, sampled manually, collected 2021-09-21 .) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 Greece, Attiki, Attiki, Aegina, Perdika, at 3 m depth, collected July 1997, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 Greece, Dytiki Ellada, Aitolia kai Akarnania, Neo Plagia, at 5 m depth, collected July 1999, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 Greece, Ionia Nisia, Kerkyra, Antipaxos, at 4 m depth, collected August 2006, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 Greece, Ionia Nisia, Lefkada, Ligia, beached, collected July 1999, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 Greece, Notio Aigaio, Dodekanisos, Leros, Ormos Gournas, Agios Isidoros, under pebbles, at 1 m depth, collected 2008-08-00, ex coll. J. Trausel .) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 Greece, Notio Aigaio, Dodekanisos, Leros, Ormos Plefouti, live underneath pebbles, at 1 m depth, collected August 2008, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 Tunisia, Medenine, Ile de Jerba, Houmt Souk) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus,1758 Guernsey, Herm, Shell Beach , beached, collected 2001-05, ex coll. J. Trausel) 
To Malacopics (Haliotis tuberculata Senegal, Dakar, Pointe des Almadies) 
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