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Haliotis, common name abalone, is the only genus in the family Haliotidae. [2] This genus once contained six subgenera. These subgenera have become alternate representations of Haliotis. [2] The genus consists of small to very large, edible, herbivorous sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs.
Haliotis cracherodii, the black abalone, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. [ 3 ] This species is relatively small compared with most of the other abalone species from the eastern Pacific , and it has a relatively smooth dark shell.
Living abalone in tank showing epipodium and tentacles, anterior end to the right. Abalone (/ ˈ æ b ə l oʊ n i / ⓘ or / ˌ æ b ə ˈ l oʊ n i /; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six genera but now contains only one genus, Haliotis. [1]
Haliotis midae, known commonly as the South African abalone or the perlemoen, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. [ 2 ] It is highly sought after by criminal organisations and a thriving black market exists for it, leading to a catastrophic decline in stocks.
Haliotis asinina, common name the ass's-ear abalone, is a fairly large species of sea snail, a tropical gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone, also known as ormers or pāua. Both the common name and the scientific name are based on the shape of the shell, which is long, narrow and curved, resembling the shape of a donkey's ear.
The white abalone, scientific name Haliotis sorenseni, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. [3]The white abalone is an endangered species in the United States; it may now have the smallest population of all eight of the abalone species on the west coast of North America.
Haliotis rufescens (red abalone) is a species of very large edible sea snail in the family Haliotidae, the abalone, ormers or pāua. [3] It is distributed from British Columbia , Canada, to Baja California , Mexico.
Haliotis discus is native to the shallow subtidal waters off Japan and Korea in the north western Pacific Ocean. [1] H. discus discus typically hides between rocks found at depths of 5–10 m (16–33 ft), sometimes as deep as 30 m (98 ft), in the waters around Jeju Island in Korea and Kyushu, Shikoku, and all but the most north eastern areas of Honshu in Japan. [4]