Abalone
Haliotis tuberculata
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
IUCN Conservation Status: VU - Vulnerable - facing a high risk of extinction in the wild
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Lepetellida
- Family
- Haliotidae
- Genus
- Haliotis
Where to Find
Found in 18 diving areas across 11 countries and 3 regions.
- Bayahibe & La Romana, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- Sosua & Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic - 1 records
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 1 records
- Dubrovnik & South Coast, Croatia - 2 records
- Split & Central Dalmatia, Croatia - 9 records
- Vis & Biševo, Croatia - 9 records
- Larnaca, Cyprus - 1 records
- Paphos & Coral Bay, Cyprus - 1 records
- Corsica, France - 8 records
- Marseille & Calanques, France - 1 records
- Dodecanese, Greece - 1 records
- Portofino & Liguria, Italy - 4 records
- Sardinia, Italy - 2 records
- Ustica, Italy - 1 records
- Malta Island, Malta - 2 records
- Al Hoceima, Morocco - 1 records
- Azores, Portugal - 1 records
- Cornwall & Devon, United Kingdom - 36 records