Green ormer

Green ormer
Black and white underwater photo of Haliotis tuberculata coccinea showing its tentacles extended

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. tuberculata
Binomial name
Haliotis tuberculata
Subspecies
  • Haliotis tuberculata coccinea Reeve, 1846
  • Haliotis tuberculata fernandesi Owen, Grace, & Afonso
  • Haliotis tuberculata marmorata Linnaeus, 1758
  • Haliotis tuberculata tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
    • Haliotis adriatica Nardo, 1847
    • Haliotis canariensis F. Nordsieck, 1975
    • Haliotis coccinea Reeve, 1846
    • Haliotis lamellosa Lamarck, 1822
    • Haliotis lamellosa var. auriculata Monterosato, 1888
    • Haliotis lamellosa var. marmorata Pallary, 1900
    • Haliotis lamellosa var. planata Monterosato, 1888
    • Haliotis lamellosa var. producta Monterosato, 1888
    • Haliotis lamellosa var. rubra Pallary, 1900
    • Haliotis lamellosa var. viridis Pallary, 1900
    • Haliotis marmorata Costa O.G., 1829
    • Haliotis reticulata var. bisundata Monterosato, 1884
    • Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846
    • Haliotis tuberculata canariensis F. Nordsieck, 1975
    • Haliotis tuberculata coccinea Reeve, 1846
    • Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa Lamarck, 1822
    • Haliotis zealandica Reeve, 1846

The green ormer (Haliotis tuberculata) is a northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean species of sea snail, a coastal marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, the abalones or ormer snails.

The flesh of the green ormer is prized as a delicacy, and this has led to a decline in its population in some areas.

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