Links and information on the species of abalone

Eight species of abalone can be found on the
West Coast of North America
(red, pink, black, green, white, pinto, threaded, and flat).

There are over 100 species of abalone around the world, below is the list as compiled so far,

*Haliotis ancile : Shield Abalone.
* Haliotis aquatilis : Japanese Abalone.
* Haliotis asinina : Ass’s ear Abalone.
* Haliotis assimilis : Threaded Abalone.
* Haliotis australis : Australian Abalone, Austral Abalone.
* Haliotis brazieri : Brazier’s Abalone.
* Haliotis coccoradiata : Reddish-rayed Abalone.
* Haliotis conicopora : Conical Pore Abalone, Brownlip Abalone
* Haliotis corrugata : Pink Abalone.
* Haliotis crachedorii : Black Abalone.
*Haliotis sorenseni : White Abalone (Endangered)
* Haliotis crebrisculpta : Close Sculptures Abalone.
* Haliotis cyclobates : Whirling Abalone.
* Haliotis dalli : Dall’s Abalone.
* Haliotis discus : Disk Abalone.
* Haliotis diversicolor : Variously Coloured Abalone.
* Haliotis dohrniana : Dhorn’s Abalone.
* Haliotis elegans : Elegant Abalone.
* Haliotis emmae : Emma’s Abalone.
* Haliotis ethologus : Mimic Abalone.
* Haliotis fulgens : Green Abalone.
* Haliotis gigantea : Giant Abalone.
* Haliotis glabra : Glistening Abalone.
* Haliotis hargravesi : Hargraves’s Abalone.
* Haliotis howensis : Lord Howe Abalone.
* Haliotis iris : Blackfoot Abalone.
* Haliotis iris : Rainbow Abalone, Paua Abalone.
* Haliotis jacnensis : Jacna Abalone.
* Haliotis kamschatkana : Pinto Abalone.
* Haliotis laevigata smooth : Australian Abalone, Greenlip Abalone.
* Haliotis melculus : Honey Abalone.
* Haliotis midae : Midas Ear Abalone, Perlemoen Abalone.
* Haliotis multiperforata : Many-holed Abalone.
* Haliotis ovina : Oval Abalone, Sheep's Ear Abalone
* Haliotis parva : Canaliculate Abalone.
* Haliotis planata : Planate Abalone.
* Haliotis pourtalesii : Pourtale’s Abalone.
* Haliotis pulcherrima : Most Beautiful Abalone.
* Haliotis queketti : Quekett’s Abalone.
* Haliotis roei : Roe's Abalone
* Haliotis rosacea: Rosy Abalone.
* Haliotis rubra : Ruber Abalone.
* Haliotis rufescens: Red Abalone.
* Haliotis scalaris : Staircase Abalone, Ridged Ear Abalone.
* Haliotis semiplicata : Semiplicate Abalone.
* Haliotis sorenseni : White Abalone.
* Haliotis spadicea : Blood-spotted Abalone.
* Haliotis speciosa : Splendid Abalone.
* Haliotis squamata : Scaly Australian Abalone.
* Haliotis squamosa : Squamose Abalone.
* Haliotis tuberculata : European Edible Abalone, Tube Abalone, Tuberculate Ormer.
* Haliotis varia : Variable Abalone.
* Haliotis venusta : Lovely Abalone.
* Haliotis virginea : Virgin Abalone.
* Haliotis walallensis : Northern Green Abalone, Flat Abalone.
Other species : Haliotis clathrata, Haliotis barbouri, Haliotis crebrisculpta, Haliotis dissona, Haliotis exigua, Haliotis fatui, Haliotis kamtschatkana assimilis, Haliotis kamtschatkana kamtschatkana, Haliotis madaka, Haliotis mariae, Haliotis patamakanthini, Haliotis pustulata, Haliotis roberti, Haliotis rubiginosa, Haliotis rubra, Haliotis rugosa, Haliotis thailandis, Haliotis unilateralis

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