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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) and Kosnik (2002); and to Haliotoidea by Lozouet et al. (2001), Jeffery (2003), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

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 elsmerensis Vokes 1935
Haliotis fulgens Philippi 1845
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
Haliotis saldanhae Kensley 1972
Haliotis scalaris Leach 1814
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758
Haliotis varia Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available