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Haliotis tuberculata

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae

Taxonomy

Haliotis tuberculata was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

H. cyclobates, H. diversicolor, H. fulgens, H. gigantea, H. iberica, H. japonicum, H. kamtschatkana, H. lamellosa, H. midae, H. parva, H. pustulata, H. sorenseni, H. subcirculata, H. tuberculatus, H. volhynica, H. mathesonensis, H. cyclobates, H. naevosoides

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1758	Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus
1991	Haliotis tuberculata Poppe and Goto p. 65
2000	Haliotis tuberculata Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 314

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Vetigastropoda	(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
order	Lepetellida	Moskalev 1971
superfamily	Haliotoidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Haliotidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Haliotis	Linnaeus 1758
species	tuberculata	Linnaeus 1758

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteg

Composition 2:

low Mg calciteg

Locomotion:

actively mobilesupero

Life habit:

epifaunalsupero

Diet:

grazersupero

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2007-10-09 08:47:07

Modified:

2007-10-09 10:47:07

Source: g = genus, supero = superorder, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (31 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Romania	Haliotis tuberculata (70056)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Hungary	Haliotis tuberculata (34739)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Cyprus	Haliotis tuberculata (34690 71902)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Morocco	Haliotis tuberculata (69860 70890)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Algeria	Haliotis tuberculata (69864 70785 70786 70860 70863 70864 70880 70882 70886 70887)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Malta	Haliotis tuberculata (131977)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Spain	Haliotis tuberculata (80564)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Spain	Haliotis tuberculata (80562 80563)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	Italy	Haliotis tuberculata (176818)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	Morocco	Haliotis tuberculata (127577)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Portugal (Azores)	Haliotis tuberculata (89618 128466)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Spain	Haliotis tuberculata (127358 127360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Portugal	Haliotis tuberculata (122244 122285 122286 122288)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Morocco	Haliotis tuberculata (127616)