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Haliotis Endangered

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Wikipedia Abstract

Haliotis, common name abalone (US) or ormer (UK), is the only genus in the family Haliotidae. This genus used to contain 6 subgenera. These subgenera have become alternate representations of Haliotis.[4] The genus consists of small to very large edible herbivorous sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. The number of species recognized worldwide ranges between 30 and 130 with over 230 species-level taxa described. The most comprehensive treatment of the family considers 56 species valid, with 18 additional subspecies.[8]
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Species

Haliotis corrugata (pink abalone) (Critically Endangered)
Haliotis cracherodii (black abalone) (Critically Endangered)
Haliotis discus (Endangered)
Haliotis fulgens (green abalone) (Critically Endangered)
Haliotis gigantea (Giant Abalone) (Endangered)
Haliotis kamtschatkana (pinto abalone) (Endangered) (Attributes)
Haliotis madaka (Endangered)
Haliotis mariae (Omani Abalone) (Endangered)
Haliotis midae (South African abalone) (Endangered)
Haliotis rubiginosa (Lord Howe Abalone) (Critically Endangered)
Haliotis rufescens (red abalone) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Haliotis sorenseni (white abalone) (Critically Endangered)
Haliotis walallensis (Northern green abalone) (Critically Endangered)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0