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Haliotidae (abalone)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae

Taxonomy
Haliotidae was named by Rafinesque (1815) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5286]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pleurotomarioidea by Beesley (1998); to Pleurotomariacea by Knight et al. (1960), Kosnik (2002); and to Haliotoidea by Lozouet et al. (2001), Jeffery (2003), Bouchet et al. (2005), Bouchet et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Haliotis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Haliotidae Rafinesque
1960Haliotidae Knight et al. p. 222
1998Haliotidae Beesley p. 667
2001Haliotidae Lozouet et al. p. 16
2002Haliotidae Kosnik p. 221
2003Haliotidae Jeffery
2005Haliotidae Bouchet et al. p. 243
2017Haliotidae Bouchet et al. p. 336

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyHaliotoideaRafinesque 1815
familyHaliotidaeRafinesque 1815
familyHaliotidaeRafinesque 1815

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.

Fm. Haliotidae Rafinesque 1815 [abalone]
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G. Haliotis Linnaeus 1758
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Subg. Haliotis (Haliotis) Linnaeus 1758
Subg. Haliotis (Padollus) Montfort 1810
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Padollus rubicundus Montfort 1810
Subg. Haliotis (Sulculus) Adams and Adams 1854
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Haliotis asinina Linnaeus 1758
†Haliotis brazieri Angas 1869
Haliotis corrugata Gray 1828 [pink abalone]
Haliotis cracherodii Leach 1814 [black abalone]
†Haliotis elsmerensis Vokes 1935
Haliotis fulgens Philippi 1845 [green abalone]
†Haliotis koticki Hertlein 1937
†Haliotis laevigata Donovan 1808
†Haliotis lasia Woodring 1932
†Haliotis lomaensis Anderson 1902
†Haliotis palaea Woodring 1931
†Haliotis roei Gray 1826
†Haliotis ruber Leach 1814
Haliotis rufescens Swainson 1822 [red abalone]
†Haliotis saldanhae Kensley 1972
†Haliotis scalaris Leach 1814
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
†Haliotis varia Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:55:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:55:39
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (129 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Haliotis sp. (98225)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) Haliotis sp. (224893)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45New Zealand Haliotis mathesonensis (146338)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Haliotis benoisti (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Haliotis koticki (208581)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Haliotis sp. (77402)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Haliotis tuberculatus (178108 178111)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria Haliotis sp. (146526)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Romania Haliotis tuberculata (70056)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Poland Haliotis sp. (70539)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Moldova Haliotis volhynica (78643 78644 78653 78661)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary Haliotis tuberculata (34739)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Haliotis tuberculata (34690 71902)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa Haliotis indet., Haliotis saldanhae (22219)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Haliotis naevosoides (63433)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Haliotis lasia (223858) Haliotis palaea (223860)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Guam Haliotis clathrata (77939)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Italy Haliotis subcirculata (70493)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Spain Haliotis sp. (69855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco Haliotis tuberculata (69860 70890)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Haliotis tuberculata (69864 70785 70786 70860 70863 70864 70880 70882 70886 70887)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Haliotis tuberculata (131977)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Haliotis elsmerensis (208580)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Northern Mariana Islands Haliotis clathrata (77940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain Haliotis tuberculata (80564)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Mexico (Baja California) Haliotis rufescens (97124)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (Western Australia) Haliotis cyclobates (63352 63353)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Western Cape) Haliotis saldanhae (118306 118318)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Haliotis diversicolor (42296 42306)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Haliotis corrugata (200398) Haliotis sp. (239576)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain Haliotis iberica, Haliotis tuberculata (80562) Haliotis tuberculata (80563)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Haliotis sp., Haliotis fulgens (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Haliotis saldanhae (91831) Haliotis sp. (118215)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) Haliotis diversicolor (42359)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Haliotis lamellosa (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Australia (South Australia) Haliotis cyclobates (63379)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Haliotis sp. (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Haliotis cracherodi (223033 223034) Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis rufescens (202495) Haliotis sp., Haliotis cracherodii (202496)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Guam Haliotis ovina (77936) Haliotis ovina, Haliotis clathrata (77934 77935)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Haliotis cracherodi (96593) Haliotis cracherodi, Haliotis rufescens (96592) Haliotis sp. (96594)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Haliotis midae (122945) Haliotis sp. (122941)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Haliotis cracherodii (37942 37943 37945 37946) Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis rufescens (37933 37937 37938 37939 37948) Haliotis rufescens (37940) Haliotis sorenseni, Haliotis kamtschatkana, Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis rufescens (37947)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) Haliotis diversicolor (42305)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Haliotis fulgens (222998) Haliotis sp. (202493)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy Haliotis tuberculata (176818)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola Haliotis parva (152645)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Haliotis tuberculata (127577)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Haliotis cracherodii (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Haliotis sp. (81106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Haliotis ovina (96472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Haliotis cracherodi (223043) Haliotis cracherodi, Haliotis fulgens, Haliotis rufescens, Haliotis corrugata (160361) Haliotis cracherodii (59063 240594 240600 240603) Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis corrugata (240593) Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis rufescens (202936 240595) Haliotis fulgens (222659) Haliotis rufescens (219029 240650 240651) Haliotis sp. (202490)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Haliotis gigantea, Haliotis japonicum (96945) Haliotis japonicum, Haliotis gigantea (96943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Haliotis tuberculata (127358 127360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Haliotis roei (63207)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco Haliotis tuberculata (127616)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Haliotis pustulata (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Haliotis cracherodi (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Haliotis cracherodi (67613 226468) Haliotis cracherodi, Haliotis corrugata (226464) Haliotis cracherodi, Haliotis rufescens (52347 226466) Haliotis rufescens (226467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Haliotis tuberculata (89618 128466)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Haliotis varia (80965)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Haliotis tuberculata (122244 122285 122286 122288)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Tasmania) Haliotis ruber (138319)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Guangdong) Haliotis ovina (97527)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (California) Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis rufescens (239418)