WoRMS taxon details
Haliotis marmorata Linnaeus, 1758
445367 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:445367)
accepted
Species
Haliotis decussata R. A. Philippi, 1850 · unaccepted
Haliotis guineensis Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted
Haliotis rosacea Reeve, 1846 · unaccepted
Haliotis strigata Weinkauff, 1883 · unaccepted
marine
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
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page(s): 780 [details] Available for editors
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Note Type locality "In Oceano Africano"
Type locality Type locality "In Oceano Africano" [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Haliotis marmorata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445367 on 2026-05-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). <i>Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis</i>. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 780 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Haliotis guineensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Haliotis decussata R. A. Philippi, 1850) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 3: 89-90, Haliotis pl. 9 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Haliotis rosacea 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 strigata Weinkauff, 1883) Weinkauff, H. C. (1883). Die Gattung Haliotis. in: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W.; Weinkauff, H. C., eds. <em>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martin and Chemnitz, neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt.</em> Vol. 6 (1b): 1-88, pls 7-30. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34339898
page(s): 20, pl. 2, fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012). Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. <em>Hackenheim: Conchbooks.</em> viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012].
page(s): 102 [details]
page(s): 780 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Haliotis guineensis Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5 [details]
original description (of Haliotis decussata R. A. Philippi, 1850) Philippi, R. A. (1842-1850). Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien unter Mithülfe mehrerer deutscher Conchyliologen. Cassel, T. Fischer. Vol. 1: 1-20 [1842], 21-76 [1843], 77-186 [1844], 187-204 [1845]; Vol. 2: 1-64 [1845], 65-152 [1846], 153-232 [1847] ; Vol. 3: 1-50 [1847], 51-82 [1848], 1-88 [1849], 89-138 [1850]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/41582
page(s): 3: 89-90, Haliotis pl. 9 fig. 2 [details]
original description (of Haliotis rosacea 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 strigata Weinkauff, 1883) Weinkauff, H. C. (1883). Die Gattung Haliotis. in: Küster, H. C.; Kobelt, W.; Weinkauff, H. C., eds. <em>Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet von Martin and Chemnitz, neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt.</em> Vol. 6 (1b): 1-88, pls 7-30. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34339898
page(s): 20, pl. 2, fig. 8 [details]
basis of record Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012). Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. <em>Hackenheim: Conchbooks.</em> viii + 361 pp. [29 February 2012].
page(s): 102 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Van Wormhoudt, A.; Le Bras, Y.; Huchette, S. (2009). <i>Haliotis marmorata</i> from Senegal; a sister species of <i>Haliotis tuberculata</i>: Morphological and molecular evidence. <em>Biochemical Systematics and Ecology.</em> 37(6): 747-755., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bse.2009.12.020 [details] Available for editors [request]
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additional source
Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Type locality "In Oceano Africano" [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Haliotis rosacea Reeve, 1846)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Haliotis guineensis Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Haliotis strigata Weinkauff, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliotis marmorata)
To Malacopics (Haliotis marmorata Linnaeus, 1758 Ghana, Western, Miemia Bay, by diving at 8-10 m de...
To Malacopics (Haliotis marmorata Linnaeus, 1758 Ghana, Western, Takoradi, among rocks at low tide,...
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Haliotis guineensis Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (39 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Haliotis strigata Weinkauff, 1883)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Haliotis marmorata)
To Malacopics (Haliotis marmorata Linnaeus, 1758 Ghana, Western, Miemia Bay, by diving at 8-10 m de...
To Malacopics (Haliotis marmorata Linnaeus, 1758 Ghana, Western, Takoradi, among rocks at low tide,...
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