Haliotis tuberculata
creator: Gofas, Serge
creator: Vandepitte, Leen
creator: Tran, Bastien
creator: Bouchet, Philippe
creator: Marshall, Bruce
date: 2026-08-01
language: en
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publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140059 on 2026-08-01
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2022-01-28T00:12:16Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758
class: Gastropoda
family: Haliotidae
genus: Haliotis
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp.
name published in: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1883-1885). Conchiglie littorali mediterranee. Il Naturalista Siciliano. [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].
name published in: Monterosato, T. A. di. (1888-1889). Molluschi del Porto di Palermo. Specie e varietà. Bullettino della Società Malacologica Italiana. 13(11–13): 161–180. [October 15th, 1888]; 14(4-6): 75-81 [April 20th, 1889].
name published in: Pallary, P. (1900). Coquilles marines du littoral du département d'Oran. Journal de Conchyliologie. 48(3): 211-422.
name published in: Reeve, L. A. (1846). Monograph of the genus Haliotis. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, 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].
name published in: Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1822). Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres. Tome sixième, 2me partie, 232 pp. Paris, published by the author.
name published in: 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. Antonelli: Venezia. [According to Carlo Froglia, the Prospetto and the Sinonimia were published simultaneously; the Sinonimia is here considered to have priority.].
name published in: De Cristofori, G.; Jan, G. (1832). 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. 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).
name published in year: 1758
name published in year: 1883-1885
name published in year: 1888-1889
name published in year: 1900
name published in year: 1846
name published in year: 1822
name published in year: 1847
name published in year: 1832
order: Lepetellida
parent name usage ID: 138050
phylum: Mollusca
scientific name authorship: Linnaeus, 1758
specific epithet: tuberculata
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted