African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758

AphiaID

138050 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138050)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758 (type by subsequent designation)

Parent

Haliotidae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758

Synonymised names

Haliotis (Paua) C. A. Fleming, 1952 · alternative representation

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Species Haliotis alfredensis Bartsch, 1915
Species Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758
Species Haliotis clathrata Reeve, 1846
Species Haliotis dringii Reeve, 1846
Species Haliotis mariae W. Wood, 1828
Species Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758
Species Haliotis parva Linnaeus, 1758
Species Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846
Species Haliotis queketti E. A. Smith, 1910
Species Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822
Species Haliotis spadicea Donovan, 1808
Species Haliotis squamosa J. E. Gray, 1826
Species Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Haliotis unilateralis Lamarck, 1822
Species Haliotis varia Linnaeus, 1758
Species Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791
Species Haliotis coccinea Reeve, 1846 accepted as Haliotis tuberculata coccinea Reeve, 1846 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
Species Haliotis revelata Deshayes, 1863 accepted as Haliotis rugosa rugosa Lamarck, 1822
Species Haliotis rugosa Reeve, 1846 accepted as Haliotis tuberculata tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 (invalid: junior homonym of Haliotis rugosa Lamarck, 1822)
Species Haliotis sanguinea Hanley, 1840 accepted as Haliotis spadicea Donovan, 1808
Species Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846 accepted as Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Haliotis subvirginea Weinkauff, 1883 accepted as Haliotis virginea virginea Gmelin, 1791 accepted as Haliotis (Paua) virginea Gmelin, 1791 represented as Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791 (junior subjective synonym)
Subgenus Haliotis (Paua) C. A. Fleming, 1952 represented as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
1. Species Haliotis (Paua) virginea Gmelin, 1791 represented as Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791

Environment

marine

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138050 on 2026-06-24

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=138050 on 2026-06-24

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Gofas, Serge

2010-03-01 10:43:21Z

changed

Tran, Bastien

2010-03-11 11:45:02Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2012-03-03 20:01:22Z

changed

Bouchet, Philippe

2019-08-15 01:19:50Z

changed

Marshall, Bruce

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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. [iii] + 824 pp. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Haliotis (Paua) C. A. Fleming, 1952) Fleming, C.A. (1952). Notes on the genus Haliotis (Mollusca). A new subgenus from New Zealand and a new species from the late Cenozoic of Ohope, Bay of Plenty. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 80: 229-232.
page(s): 230 [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. & Poppe G.T. (2000). A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls. [details]

subsequent type designation Montfort P. [Denys de]. (1808-1810). Conchyliologie systématique et classification méthodique des coquilles. Paris: Schoell. Vol. 1: pp. lxxxvii + 409 [1808]. Vol. 2: pp. 676 + 16 [1810 (before 28 May)]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/10571
page(s): 119 [details]