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Haliotidae Rafinesque, 1815 
AphiaID: 1727

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Haliotoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Haliotoidea
Sources  basis of record: Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (2005) Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47(1-2): 1-397. [details]

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

additional source: Geiger, D.L. (1999). Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda : Vetigastropoda) World-wide, Bollettino Malacologico, Roma, 35(5-12) - Società Italiana di Malacologica. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Geiger D.L. (1998). Recent genera and species of the family Haliotidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). The Nautilus 111(3): 85-116 [details]

additional source: Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). Haliotidae. in: Conchological Iconography (G.T. Poppe & K. Groh, eds.).. Conchbooks, Hackenheim. 135 pp., 83 pls.:  [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Catalan orella de mar  [details]
Danish abalone  [details]
Danish øresnegl  [details]
Dutch zee-oren  [details]
English abalones  [details]
English ear shells  [details]
English ormers  [details]
Finnish merikorvat  [details]
French oreille de mer  [details]
Galician orella de mar  [details]
German Seeohre  [details]
Italian abaloni  [details]
Portuguese abalone  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Genus Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758

Genus Euhaliotis Wenz, 1938 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Eurotis Habe & Kosuge, 1964 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Exohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Marinauris Iredale, 1927 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Neohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Nordotis Habe & Kosuge, 1964 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Notohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Ovinotis Cotton, 1943 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Padollus Montfort, 1810 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Paua C. Fleming, 1953 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Sanhaliotis Iredale, 1929 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Schismotis Gray, 1856 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Teinotis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Tinotis P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Genus Usahaliotis Habe & Kosuge, 1964 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To image gallery of Natural History Museum Rotterdam
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1727
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  db_admin
2005-05-18 07:40:01Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2011-05-02 05:18:47Z  checked  Bouchet, Philippe
  
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  Citation: Bouchet, P. (2013). Haliotidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1727 on 2013-05-21
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