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Haliotis

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Haliotidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Haliotis Linnaeus
1960Haliotis MacNeil p. 22
1966Haliotis Ladd p. 25
1986Haliotis Kensley and Pether p. 149
1987Haliotis Short and Potter p. 4
1993Haliotis Wilson p. 48
2001Haliotis Lozouet et al. p. 16
2002Haliotis Sepkoski
2005Haliotis Bouchet et al. p. 84

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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
genusHaliotisLinnaeus 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.

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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Comments: some calcite in outer shell layer according to Dauphin et al. (1989)g
Created: 2007-10-09 08:47:07
Modified: 2007-10-09 10:47:07
Source: g = genus, 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 83.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (133 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) H. sp. (98225)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (California) H. sp. (224893)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France H. benoisti (74861)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand H. mathesonensis (146338)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) H. koticki (208581)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria H. sp. (77402)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy H. tuberculatus (178108 178111)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Austria H. sp. (146526)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Romania H. tuberculata (70056)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland H. sp. (70539)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary H. tuberculata (34739)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Moldova H. volhynica (78643 78644 78653 78661)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus H. tuberculata (34690 71902)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Spain H. sp. (69855)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy H. subcirculata (70493)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Guam H. clathrata (77939)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) H. naevosoides (63433)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (California) H. lasia (223858) H. palaea (223860)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa Haliotis indet., H. saldanhae (22219)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta H. tuberculata (131977)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco H. tuberculata (69860 70890)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria H. tuberculata (69864 70785 70786 70860 70863 70864 70880 70882 70886 70887)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) H. elsmerensis (208580)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Northern Mariana Islands H. clathrata (77940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain H. tuberculata (80564)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Baja California) H. rufescens (97124)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) H. diversicolor (42296 42306)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) H. saldanhae (118306 118318)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) H. corrugata (200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Australia (Western Australia) H. cyclobates (63352 63353)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) H. sp., H. fulgens (186031)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain H. iberica, H. tuberculata (80562) H. tuberculata (80563)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) H. saldanhae (91831) H. sp. (118215)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) H. cracherodi (223033 223034) H. cracherodii, H. rufescens (202495) H. sp., H. cracherodii (202496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) H. sp. (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) H. diversicolor (42359)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy H. lamellosa (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (South Australia) H. cyclobates (63379)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Guam H. ovina (77936) H. ovina, H. clathrata (77934 77935)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) H. cracherodi (96593) H. cracherodi, H. rufescens (96592) H. sp. (96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa H. midae (122945) H. sp. (122941)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) H. cracherodii (37942 37943 37945 37946) H. cracherodii, H. rufescens (37933 37937 37938 37939 37948) H. rufescens (37940) H. sorenseni, H. kamtschatkana, H. cracherodii, H. rufescens (37947)
Calabrian - Middle Pleistocene1.8 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) H. diversicolor (42305)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) H. fulgens (222998) H. sp. (202493)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola H. parva (152645)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy H. tuberculata (176818)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) H. cracherodii (222646)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco H. tuberculata (127577)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga H. ovina (96472)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece H. tuberculata (88773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) H. roei (63207)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) H. tuberculata (89618 128466 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan H. gigantea, H. japonicum (96945) H. japonicum, H. gigantea (96943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) H. fulgens (89573 194399 194400 194405 194406 194407 194415 194417 194421 194427 194430)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) H. sp. (81106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco H. tuberculata (127616)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico H. cracherodi (67613 226468) H. cracherodi, H. corrugata (226464) H. cracherodi, H. rufescens (52347 226466) H. rufescens (226467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain H. tuberculata (127358 127360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles H. varia (80965)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) H. cracherodi (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) H. cracherodi (223043) H. cracherodi, H. fulgens, H. rufescens, H. corrugata (160361) H. cracherodii (59063) H. cracherodii, H. rufescens (202936) H. fulgens (222659) H. rufescens (219029) H. sp. (202490)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal H. tuberculata (122244 122285 122286 122288)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia H. pustulata (107972)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China (Guangdong) H. ovina (97527)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Tasmania) H. ruber (138319)