History of changes

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

HALIOTIDAE: Haliotis crebrisculpta Sowerby, 1914 — Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48, pl. 5, fig. 9a, b] (misidentification; distribution as Scott Reef WA to north QLD); Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [79] (Haliotis crebrisculpta listed as restricted to its incorrect type locality of New Caledonia; Australian records referred to Haliotis dissona (Iredale, 1929)); Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [129] (states that Haliotis crebrisculpta is a juvenile of Haliotis squamosa with incorrect locality data (New Caledonia); Haliotis squamosa is restricted to southern Madagascar)

General References

Bouchet, P. & Rocroi, J.-P. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia 47: 1–397 [243]

Estes, J.A., Lindberg, D.R. & Wray, C. 2005. Evolution of large body size in abalones (Haliotis): patterns and implications. Paleobiology 31(4): 591-606

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120

Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp.

Hickman, C.S. 1998. Superfamily Pleurotomarioidea. pp. 664-669 in Beesley, P.L., Ross, G.J.B. & Wells, A. (eds). Mollusca: The Southern Synthesis. Fauna of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 5(Part B) pp. vi–viii, 565–1234. [667-669]

Lindberg, D.R. 1992. Evolution, Distribution and Systematics of Haliotidae. pp. 3-18 in Shepherd, S.A., Tegner, M.J. & Gutzman, S.A. Abalone of the World. Oxford, England : Fishing News Books pp. 1-608.

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1960. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press xxiii + 351 pp. [I221-I223]

Shepherd, S.A. 1973. Studies on southern Australian abalone (genus Haliotis). I. Ecology of five sympatric species. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 24: 217-257 (This is the first of a series of articles on the biology and ecology of abalone published by Shepherd between 1973 and 1995)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [47-50]

History of changes

• Haliotis Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [779] [see also Haliotidarius].

  Type species:

   Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation (Montfort, 1810, Conchyliologie systématique, 2: 119).
• Marinauris Iredale, T. 1927. Caloundra Shells. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46 [334].

  Type species:

   Marinauris melculus Iredale, 1927 by monotypy.
• Sanhaliotis Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [270].
• Exohaliotis Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1933. South Australian Shells. Part 9. South Australian Naturalist 15(1): 14-24 [16].

  Type species:

   Haliotis cyclobates Peron, 1816 by original designation.
• Notohaliotis Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1933. South Australian Shells. Part 9. South Australian Naturalist 15(1): 14-24 [16].

  Type species:

   Haliotis naevosa Martyn, 1784 by original designation.
• Ovinotis Cotton, B.C. 1943. Australian Shells of the Family Haliotidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 67(1): 175-180 [175, 179].

  Type species:

   Haliotis ovina Gmelin, 1791 by original designation.
• Neohaliotis Cotton, B.C. & Godfrey, F.K. 1933. South Australian Shells. Part 9. South Australian Naturalist 15(1): 14-24 [16].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

General References

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [22, 39-97]

Moore, R.C. (ed.) 1960. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1. Boulder, Colorado & Lawrence, Kansas : Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press xxiii + 351 pp. [I222]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48-50]

History of changes

• Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp. [780].

  Type data:

   Lectotype 580, Amboina.
• Haliotis asinum Donovan, E. 1808. Conchology. In, The new Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indian to central Pacific, from Andaman and Nicobar to Fiji. Records from Sydney NSW and Port Lincoln, SA, given by Geiger (2000) are not supported by the range of specimens in the Australian Museum collection and are probably wrong.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, intertidal, marine, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 8 m

General References

Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249-256 [249-254]

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [74-78, figs]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [39]

Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R.N. 2003. Marine Molluscs of Vietnam: Annotations, voucher material, and species in need of verification. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 28: 1-299 [19]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [24]

Streit, K., Geiger, D.L. & Lieb, B. 2006. Molecular phylogeny and the geographic origin of Haliotidae traced by haemocyanin sequences. Journal of Molluscan Studies 72: 111-116 [111-114]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [54] (Ass's Ear)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [86, pl. 87A] (Donkey's Ear Abalone)

History of changes

• Haliotis (Padollus) brazieri Angas, G.F. 1869. Descriptions of twelve new species of land and marine shells from Australia and the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 45-49 [21 June 1869] [45, pl. 2, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Lake Macquarie, NSW.
• Haliotis hargravesi Cox, J. 1869. On a new species of Haliotis from New South Wales. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869: 49.

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.17857, Broken Bay heads, NSW [33 deg 32 min S 151 deg 18 min E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [73]

Generic Combinations

• Marinauris brazieri (Angas, 1869). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31, no. 556]
• Marinauris hargravesi (Cox, 1869). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31, no. 557]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, stones.

General References

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [88-89]

Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [73]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [41]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48] (as Haliotis brazieri Angas, 1869; and p. 49 as Cox, 1869)

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [55] (Brazier's Ear Shell)

History of changes

• Haliotis clathrata Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [57].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Eastern Seas.
• Haliotis venusta Adams, A. & Reeve, L. 1850. Mollusca. pp. 45-87 in Adams, A. (ed.). The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Samarang; under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B.F.R.A.S., F.G.S. during the years 1843-1846. London : Reeve, Benham & Reeve Vol. 3. [69, pl. 13/5a,b].
• Haliotis tuvuthaensis Ladd, H.S. in Ladd, H.S. & Hoffmeister, J.E. 1945. The Geology of Lau, Fiji. Bulletin of the Bernice P. Bishop Museum 181: 331-370 [351].

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indo Pacific, from Red Sea to Wallis and Futuna

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northeast Province (18), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, coral reef, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 75 m

General References

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [78-79, figs 24, 138, 141, 175, 176]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [42]

History of changes

• Haliotis coccoradiata Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [55].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Port Jackson, NSW.

Generic Combinations

• Notohaliotis coccoradiatus (Reeve, 1846). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, rocks.

Extra Ecological Information

Extreme low tide

General References

Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249-256 [250]

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [89, figs 47, 50, 67, 186]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [44]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48] (as Haliotis coccoradiata Reeve, 1846)

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [67, pl. 190] (Scarlet-rayed Ear Shell)

History of changes

• Haliotis cyclobates Péron, F. 1816. Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes [Historique]: exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur et roi, sur les corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste, et la goelette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris : Imprimerie imperiale. [80].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
• Haliotis excavata Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [215].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33)

Ecological Descriptors

Intertidal, marine, rocks, seagrass, shallow subtidal, shelly bottom, subtidal.

General References

Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249-256 [250]

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [89, figs 51, 52, 67, 185]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [47]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [55, pl. 15, fig. 17] (Elevated Or Round-back Ear Shell)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [67, pl. 191] (Circular Ear Shell)

History of changes

• Sanhaliotis dissona Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [270].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C. 57818 dry, Great Barrier Reef, Michaelmas Cay, Queensland, Australia [16°36'S, 145°58'58.8"E].

Generic Combinations

• Haliotis dissona (Iredale, 1929). —
  Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [80, figs 24, 139, 140]
  Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [85]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Haliotis crebrisculpta Sowerby, 1914 [misidentification]. —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48]

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Fiji, Mariana Islands, New Caledonia, Tonga

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Boulders, coral reef, marine.

General References

Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249-256 [250, 254-255]

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [80, figs 24, 139, 140]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [50]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48] (as synonym of Haliotis crebrisculpta)

History of changes

• Haliotis diversicolor Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [55].

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [86]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Haliotis squamata Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Haliotis. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [pl. 12, sp. 35].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1975572, North-west coast of Australia.
• Haliotis funebris Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Haliotis. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [pl. 12, sp. 38].
• Halioits elevata Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1882. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Vol. 5 pp. 1-54.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [87]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Indonesia and Cambodia. The Australian Museum holds specimens from the Gulf of Carpentaria, but none from eastern Australia. Records from northern Queensland given by Geiger (2000) may be correct, but those given from southern Queensland and NSW are certainly not.

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, low intertidal, marine, rocky shore, shallow subtidal, stones.

Extra Ecological Information

Shallow coral reef

General References

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [85-86, figs 24, 63, 66]

Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [87]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [86]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [50] (as Haliotis squamata Reeve, 1846)

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [56] (Squamate Ear Shell)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [86, pl. 87C] (Scaly Abalone)

History of changes

• Haliotis elegans Koch in Philippi, R.A. 1844. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 1 pp. 77-204. [119, pl. 1, fig. 1-2] (Date published Juni 1844).

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Western Australia.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Distribution in NSW and SA is questionable (Geiger & Poppe, 2000)

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, rocky crevices, shallow subtidal, stones, subtidal.

General References

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [89, figs 53, 54, 67, 192]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [53]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48] (as Haliotis elegans Philippi, 1874 sic.)

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [56] (Elegant Ear Shell)

History of changes

• Haliotis laevigata Donovan, E. 1808. Conchology. In, The new Cyclopaedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences.

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.
• Haliotis glabra Swainson, W. 1822. A Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Shells, which formed the Celebrated Collection of the late Mrs Bligh. With an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : Publisher unknown 78 pp. [34].
• Haliotis albicans Quoy, J.R. & Gaimard, J.P. 1834. Voyage de Découvertes de l'Astrolabe exécuté par Ordre du Roi, Pendant les Années 1826-1829. Paris : J. Tastu Zoologie Vol. 3 366 pp. [311, pl. 68, fig. 1-2].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Haliotis excisa Gray, J.E. 1856. On a monstrosity of Haliotis (albicans?). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 24: 147-149 [147].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37)

Ecological Descriptors

Boulders, continental shelf, marine, rocks, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 30 m

General References

Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249-256 [250]

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [91, figs 57, 60, 67, 184]

Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [99]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [63]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [49]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [54] (Smooth Or Whitened Ear Shell)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [88, pl. 89B] (Green-lip Abalone)

History of changes

• Marinauris melculus Iredale, T. 1927. Caloundra Shells. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46 [331].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.53262 dry, Caloundra, QLD [26º49’S 153 º10’E].
• Marinauris ethologus Iredale, T. 1927. Caloundra Shells. The Australian Zoologist 4: 331-336, pl. 46 [334].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.53263 dry shell, Caloundra, QLD [26º49’S 153º10’E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [103]

Generic Combinations

• Haliotis melculus (Iredale, 1927). —
  Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [49]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39)

General References

Cotton, B.C. 1952. Family Haliotidae. Royal Society of South Australia Malacological Section 1: 3 pp., 1pl.

Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [103]

Rippingale, O.H. & McMichael, D.F. 1961. Queensland and Great Barrier Reef shells. Brisbane : Jacaranda Press 210 pp. [29, pl. 1, fig. 7]

History of changes

Taxonomic Decision for Subspecies Arrangement

• Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [106]

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Central Indo-West Pacific

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

History of changes

• Haliotis ovina Gmelin J.F. 1791. Caroli a Linné. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Lipsiae : Georg. Emanuel. Beer Vermes. Vol. 1(Part 6) pp. 3021–3910. [officially regarded by the ICZN Opinion 296 (26 Oct 1954) as the 13th edition of Systema Naturae] [3691].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Phillipines.
• Haliotis caelata Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [13].
• Haliotis latilabris Philippi, R.A. 1848. Testaceorum novorum centuria. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 5: 13-16 [13].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Haliotis ovina ovina Gmelin, 1791. —
  Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [106]

Introduction

This nominate subspecies is separated to distinguish it from subspecies Haliotis ovina volcanius Patamakanthin & Eng, 2002, which is restricted to south-west Indonesia.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific, from Malaysia to Fiji

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Central Eastern Transition (15), Kenn Transition (16), Northeast Province (18), Cape Province (20), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 30 m, between dead coral heads

General References

Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249-256 [249-250, 253-254]

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [82-84, figs 31-33, 43]

Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [107]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [68]

Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R.N. 2003. Marine Molluscs of Vietnam: Annotations, voucher material, and species in need of verification. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 28: 1-299 [20]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [24]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [49] (as Haliotis ovina Gmelin, 1791)

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [56] (Sheep Ear Shell)

History of changes

• Haliotis planata Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1882. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Vol. 5 pp. 1-54. [30, pl. 10, fig. 74] [Wilson 1993 refers to Sowerby 1833].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands.
• Haliotis grayana Sowerby, G.B. (2nd) 1882. Thesaurus Conchyliorum. Vol. 5 pp. 1-54.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Eastern Indian to western Pacific, from Andaman and Nicobar to Fiji

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, marine.

General References

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [84, figs 43, 119, 122]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [70]

Springsteen, F.J. & Leobrera, F.M. 1986. Shells of the Philippines. Manila : Carfel Seashell Museum 377 pp., 100 pls. [24]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [49]

History of changes

• Haliotis roei Gray, J.E. 1826. Mollusca. pp. 474-496 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [493].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, not given.
• Haliotis scabricostata Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [31].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Haliotis sulcosa Philippi, R.A. 1845. Diagnoses testaceorum quorundam novorum. Zeitschrift für Malakozoologie 3: 147-152 [147].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34)

Ecological Descriptors

Lower intertidal, marine, rocky crevices, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

In crevices of exposed shores

General References

Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249-256 [250]

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [91-92, figs 61, 64, 67, 188]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [76]

Shepherd, S.A., McShane, P.E. & Wells, F.E. 1997. Australian abalone. Molluscan Research 18(2): 119-326

Wells, F.E. & Keesing, J.K. 1989. Reproduction and feeding in the abalone Haliotis roei Gray. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 40: 187-197 [187-197]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [49]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [69, pl. 196] (Roe's Ear Shell)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [86, pl. 87B] (Roe's Abalone)

History of changes

• Haliotis rubiginosa Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [56].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH, Lord Howe Island.
• Sanhaliotis howensis Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [261].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.59510 dry, Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Australia [31°32'56.4"S, 159°3'43.2"E].

Distribution

States

New South Wales

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Island and Middleton Reef, NSW; subtropical, SW Pacific (Vanuatu)

IMCRA

Lord Howe Province (14)

Ecological Descriptors

Low intertidal, marine, rocky shore, shallow subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

Rocky coasts

General References

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [85, figs 24, 136, 137]

Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [117]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [77]

History of changes

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

General References

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [92-93, figs 62, 65, 67, 183]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [77] (as Haliotis rubra)

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [49]

Common Name References

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [70, pl. 197] (Warty Ear Shell)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [86, pl. E] (Black-lip Abalone)

History of changes

• Haliotis conicopora Péron, F. 1816. Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes [Historique]: exécuté par ordre de Sa Majesté l'empereur et roi, sur les corvettes le Geographe, le Naturaliste, et la goelette le Casuarina, pendant les années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803 et 1804. Paris : Imprimerie imperiale. [80].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, not given by Péron 1816.
• Haliotis cunninghami Gray, J.E. 1826. Mollusca. pp. 474-496 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia. Performed between the years 1818 and 1822; with Appendix B. London : John Murray Vol. 2 viii 637 pp., 9 pls. [Date published 15 Apr 1826: imprint 1827] [494].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Halioits granti Pritchard, G.B. & Gatliff, J.H. 1902. On some new species of Victorian mollusca, No. 5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria n.s. 14(2): 180-184, pls 9-10 [183].

  Type data:

   Holotype NMV F689, Shoreham, Westernport, VIC.
• Halioits vixlirata Cotton, B.C. 1943. Australian Shells of the Family Haliotidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 67(1): 175-180 [175].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA D7962, Ellenbrook WA.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Haliotis rubra conicopora Péron, 1816. —
  Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [119]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, subtidal.

General References

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [78]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [48] (as species rank)

History of changes

• Haliotis ruber Leach, W.E. 1814. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals. London : E. Nodder & Son Vol. 1 144 pp. 60 pls. [54, pl. 23].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Port Jackson, New South Wales.
• Haliotis naevosa Martyn, T. 1784. The universal conchologist : exhibiting the figure of every known shell accurately drawn and painted after nature, with a new systematic arrangement / by the author, Thomas Martyn = Le conchologiste universel, montrant la figure de chaque coquille aujourd'hui connue soigneusement dessinee, et peinte d'apres nature, le tout arrange selon le systeme de l'auteur. London : Thomas Martyn 4 vols. 39 pp. 160 pls. [vol. ii, f. 63] [invalid name; non binomial].
• Haliotis naevosa Philippi, R.A. 1844. Abbildungen und Beschreibungen neuer oder wenig gekannter Conchylien. Cassel : Theodor Fischer Vol. 1 pp. 77-204. [147, pls 2, 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Haliotis ancile Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [53].
• Haliotis naevosum improbula Iredale, T. 1924. Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 49(3): 179–279, pls 33–36 [182, 222].
• Sanhaliotis whitehousei Colman, P. 1959. A new Haliotis for New South Wales. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1959: 56-57 [56].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM C.62423 dry, outer pool, Sydney north, Collaroy, Long Reef, north west side, New South Wales, Australia [33°44'16.8"S, 151°18'36"E].

Generic Combinations

• Notohaliotis rubra (Leach, 1814). —
  Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31]
• Haliotis whitehousei (Colman, 1959).

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Haliotis rubra rubra Leach, 1814. —
  Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [118]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [77]

Iredale, T. & McMichael, D.F. 1962. A reference list of the marine Mollusca of New South Wales. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 11: 1–109 [31, no. 554] (as Notohaliotis ruber (Leach, 1814); and no. 558 as Sanhaliotis whitehousei Coleman, 1959)

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [54, pl. 14, fig. 14] (For Notohaliotis ruber) (Sydney Ear Shell)

Coleman, N. 1975. What Shell is That? Sydney : Lansdowne Press 298 pp. [70, pl. 197] (Warty Ear Shell)

History of changes

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine.

General References

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [81]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [50]

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [55] (Ridged Ear Shell)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [86, pl. 87D] (Staircase Abalone)

History of changes

• Haliotis emmae Reeve, L.A. 1846. Monograph of the genus Haliotis. pls 1-17 in Reeve, L.A. (ed). Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol. 3. [pl. 10].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Australia.

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Haliotis scalaris emmae Reeve, 1846. —
  Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012] [123]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria

Extra Distribution Information

Record from Sydney given by Geiger (2000) is not supported by Australian Museum collection and is in error.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35)

Ecological Descriptors

Boulders, continental shelf, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

Extra Ecological Information

To 50 m

General References

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [82]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [49] (as Haliotis emmae Reeve, 1846)

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [55] (Emma's Ear Shell)

History of changes

• Padollus scalaris Leach, W.E. 1814. The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals. London : E. Nodder & Son Vol. 1 144 pp. 60 pls. [66].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.
• Haliotis crenata Swainson, W. 1822. A Catalogue of the Rare and Valuable Shells, which formed the Celebrated Collection of the late Mrs Bligh. With an appendix, containing descriptions of many new species. London : Publisher unknown 78 pp. [35] [synonymy of Haliotis crenata is uncertain, Geiger & Poppe 2000].
• Haliotis tricostalis Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1822. Histoire Naturelle des Animaux sans Vertèbres. Suite des Gastéropodes. Paris : J.B. Lamarck Vol. 6(2) 232 pp. [Date published Apr. 1822] [218] [Wilson 1993 refers to Menke 1843].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.
• Haliotis tricostata Wood, W. 1828. Index Testaceologicus; or A Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, arranged according to the Linnean system. London : Taylor Supplement, pp. 1-59, pls 1-8. [26].

Generic Combinations

• Haliotis scalaris scalaris (Leach, 1814). —
  Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [81-82, pl. 50]

Distribution

States

South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, intertidal, marine, rocks, shallow subtidal, subtidal.

General References

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [81-82, pl. 50]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [50] (as Haliotis scalaris Leach, 1814)

History of changes

• Haliotis semiplicata Menke, C.T. 1843. Molluscorum Novae Hollandiae Specimen in Libraria Aulica Hahniana. Hannoverae : Libraria Aulica Hahniana pp. 1-46. [Apr. 1843]. [32].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, Shores of the occident.
• Haliotis lauta Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [53].

  Type data:

   Status unknown.

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Additional distributions in NSW and VIC are under question (Geiger & Poppe, 2000)

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Marine, stones, subtidal.

General References

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [93, figs]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [83]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [50] (as Haliotis semiplicata Menke, 1843)

History of changes

• Haliotis varia Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundem classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Vol. 1 10 Edn., 824 pp.
• Haliotis granulata Röding, P.F. 1798. Museum Boltenianum sive Catalogus cimeliorum e tribus regnis naturae quae olim collegerat Joa. Hamburg : Trappii 199 pp. [Date published September 1798] [14].
• Haliotis dringii Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [53].
• Haliotis gemma Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [53].
• Haliotis papulata Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [53].
• Haliotis scutulum Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [53].
• Haliotis concinna Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [53].
• Haliotis semistriata Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [53].
• Haliotis viridis Reeve, L.A. 1846. Descriptions of fourty species of Haliotis, from the collection of H. Cumming, Esq. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 14: 53-59 [53].
• Haliotis dohrniana Dunker, W. 1863. Novitates Conchologicae. Mollusca Marina. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer oder wenig gekannter Meeres-Conchylien. Cassel : T. Fischer pp. 43-58, pls 13-18. [48, pl. 15, figs. 13-15].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, New Hebrides.
• Haliotis pustulifera Pilsbry, H.A. 1890. Manual of Conchology. Philadelphia : Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Vol. 12 323 pp., 65 pls. [100, pl. 11, fig. 57, pl. 23, fig. 48-51, 56-58].
• Sanhaliotis aliena Iredale, T. 1929. Queensland molluscan notes, No. 1. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 9(3): 261–297, pls 30–31 [29 June 1929] [261].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Geiger, D.L. & Owen, B. 2012. Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae. Hackenheim, Germany : ConchBooks 361 pp. [Date published 29 Feb 2012]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Western Pacific, from Sri Lanka to Tonga. Records from east Africa and India are questionable according to Geiger & Poppe, 2000

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Christmas Island Province (23), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Coral reef, low intertidal, marine, rocky crevices, rocky shore, shallow subtidal, stones.

General References

Degnan, S.D., Imron, Geiger, D.L. & Degnan, B.M. 2006. Evolution in temperate and tropical seas: disparate patterns in southern hemisphere abalone (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda: Haliotidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 41: 249-256 [249-255]

Geiger, D.L. 2000 [1999]. Distribution and biogeography of the recent Haliotidae (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) world-wide. Bollettino Malacologico 35(5-12): 57-120 [86-88, figs]

Geiger, D.L. & Poppe, G.T. 2000. A Conchological Iconography. The family Haliotidae. Germany : ConchBooks 135 pp. [92]

Hylleberg, J & Kilburn, R.N. 2003. Marine Molluscs of Vietnam: Annotations, voucher material, and species in need of verification. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication 28: 1-299 [20]

Wilson, B. 1993. Australian Marine Shells. Prosobranch Gastropods. Kallaroo, Western Australia : Odyssey Publishing Vol. 1 408 pp. [50] (as Haliotis varia Linnaeus, 1758)

Common Name References

Allan, J.K. 1950. Australian shells: with related animals living in the sea, in freshwater and on the land. Melbourne : Georgian House xix, 470 pp., 45 pls, 112 text figs. [55] (Varied Ear Shell)

Wilson, B. 2002. A handbook to Australian seashells on seashores east to west and north to south. Sydney : Reed New Holland 185 pp. [88, pl. 89A] (Variable Abalone)

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