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Haliotidae Rafinesque, 1815

1727  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1727)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Mollusca (Phylum)
  4. Gastropoda (Class)
  5. Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
  6. Lepetellida (Order)
  7. Haliotoidea (Superfamily)
  8. Haliotidae (Family)
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Family
Haliotinae Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted > superseded rank

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  1. Genus Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Subfamily Deridobranchinae J. E. Gray, 1847 accepted as Haliotidae Rafinesque, 1815
  3. Genus Deridobranchus Ehrenberg, 1831 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  4. Genus Euhaliotis Wenz, 1938 accepted as Haliotis (Padollus) Montfort, 1810 represented as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  5. Genus Eurotis T. Habe & Kosuge, 1964 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  6. Genus Exohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  7. Genus Marinauris Iredale, 1927 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  8. Genus Neohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Genus Nordotis T. Habe & Kosuge, 1964 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Genus Notohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  11. Genus Ovinotis Cotton, 1943 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  12. Genus Padollus Montfort, 1810 accepted as Haliotis (Padollus) Montfort, 1810 represented as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  13. Genus Paua C. A. Fleming, 1952 accepted as Haliotis (Paua) C. A. Fleming, 1952 represented as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  14. Genus Sanhaliotis Iredale, 1929 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Genus Schismotis Gray, 1856 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Genus Sulculus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Haliotis (Sulculus) H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Genus Teinotis H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  18. Genus Tinotis P. Fischer, 1885 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid: unjustified emendation of Teinotis)
  19. Genus Usahaliotis T. Habe & Kosuge, 1964 accepted as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Haliotinae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 142; note: Original spelling: (subfamily) Haliotidia [details] OpenAccess publication
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Haliotidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1727 on 2025-05-13
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2024-12-26 10:10:44Z
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Bouchet, Philippe

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Nomenclature

original description (of Haliotinae Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). <i>Analyse de la nature ou Tableau de l'univers et des corps organisés</i>. Published by the author, Palermo. 224 pp. , available online at http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k98061z.r=rafinesque.langEN
page(s): 142; note: Original spelling: (subfamily) Haliotidia [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Deridobranchinae J. E. Gray, 1847) Gray, J. E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent Mollusca, their synonyma and types. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> (1847) 15: 129-219. [November 1847]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12862913
page(s): 146; note: as (subfamily) Deridobranchina [details] 

basis of record Bouchet P., Rocroi J.P., Hausdorf B., Kaim A., Kano Y., Nützel A., Parkhaev P., Schrödl M. & Strong E.E. (2017). Revised classification, nomenclator and typification of gastropod and monoplacophoran families. <em>Malacologia.</em> 61(1-2): 1-526.
page(s): 119, 336 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Peters, H.; Ralph, G. M.; Rogers-Bennett, L. (2024). Abalones at risk: A global Red List assessment of <i>Haliotis</i> in a changing climate. <em>PLOS ONE.</em> 19(12): e0309384., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0309384 [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). <i>The Nautilus 111(3)</i>: 85-116 [details] 

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

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

 
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LanguageName 
Catalan orella de mar  [details]
Danish øresneglabalone  [details]
Dutch zee-oren  [details]
English ormersear shellsabalones  [details]
Finnish merikorvat  [details]
French oreille de mer  [details]
Galician orella de mar  [details]
German Seeohre  [details]
Italian abaloni  [details]
Japanese ミミガイ科  [details]
Portuguese abalone  [details]
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