Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 (abalone)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae

Belongs to Haliotis according to G. T. Poppe and Y. Goto 1991

See also Callapez and Ferreira Soares 2000

Sister taxa: Haliotis (Haliotis), Haliotis (Padollus), Haliotis (Sulculus), Haliotis antillesensis, Haliotis asinina, Haliotis brazieri, Haliotis corrugata, Haliotis cracherodii, Haliotis elsmerensis, Haliotis fulgens, Haliotis koticki, Haliotis laevigata, Haliotis lasia, Haliotis lomaensis, Haliotis palaea, Haliotis roei, Haliotis ruber, Haliotis rufescens, Haliotis saldanhae, Haliotis scalaris, Haliotis varia

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection), Italy (1), Morocco (2), Portugal (7), Spain (2)

• Pliocene of Spain (3)

• Miocene of Algeria (10), Cyprus (2), Hungary (1), Malta (1), Morocco (2), Romania (1)

Total: 33 collections each including a single occurrence

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