Carl Linnaeus described the type species Haliotis asinina in 1758, [1] and over the centuries a large number of additional species of abalone were named using the proper scientific process for naming a species. In addition, some subspecies, forms, and varieties were also named. However, many of these names subsequently proved to be synonyms of species that had already been named. The following is a list of what are, in 2014, considered to be valid species and subspecies, with the synonyms listed beside them.
The following species have been brought into synonymy: [2]
| (Sub)Species | Synonyms |
|---|---|
| Haliotis asinina | Haliotis asinum Donovan, 1808 |
| Haliotis australis | Haliotis aleata Röding, 1798; Haliotis costata Swainson, 1822; Haliotis rugosoplicata Schumacher, 1817 |
| Haliotis brazieri | Haliotis hargravesi Cox, 1869; Haliotis brazieri f. hargravesi(Cox, 1869); Marinauris hargravesi(Cox, 1869) |
| Haliotis clathrata | Haliotis clathrata f. tomriceiPatamakanthin, 2002; Haliotis tomriceiPatamakanthin, 2002; Haliotis tuvuthaensisLadd in Ladd & Hofmeister, 1945; Haliotis venusta A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 |
| Haliotis corrugata corrugata | Haliotis diegoensisOrcutt, 1900; Haliotis nodosa Philippi, 1845 |
| Haliotis corrugata oweni | Haliotis oweniTalmadge, 1966 |
| Haliotis cracherodii californiensis | Haliotis bonitaOrcutt, 1900; Haliotis californiensis Swainson, 1822 |
| Haliotis cracherodii cracherodii | Haliotis cracerodii var. holzneri Hemphill, 1907; Haliotis expansaTalmadge, 1957; Haliotis imperforata Dall, 1919; Haliotis Iusus Finlay, 1927; Haliotis roseaOrcutt, 1900; Haliotis splendidula Williamson, 1893 |
| Haliotis cyclobates | Haliotis excavata Lamarck, 1822 |
| Haliotis dalli roberti | Haliotis roberti McLean, 1970 |
| Haliotis dissona | Sanhaliotis dissona Iredale, 1929; Haliotis crebrisculptaSowerby, 1914 |
| Haliotis diversicolor | Sulculus diversicolor |
| Haliotis diversicolor diversicolor | Sulculus diversicolor diversicolor; Haliotis gruneri Reeve, 1846; Haliotis tayloriana Reeve, 1846 |
| Haliotis diversicolor squamata | Haliotis squamata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis elevata G. B. Sowerby II, 1882; Haliotis funebris Reeve, 1846 |
| Haliotis elegans | Haliotis clathrata Lichtenstein, 1794 |
| Haliotis fulgens fulgens | Haliotis planilirata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis splendens Reeve, 1846 |
| Haliotis fulgens guadalupensis | Haliotis guadalupensisTalmadge, 1964 |
| Haliotis fulgens turveri | Haliotis turveri Bartsch, 1942 |
| Haliotis gigantea | Haliotis gigas Röding, 1798; Haliotis sieboldii Reeve, 1846; Haliotis tubifera Lamarck, 1822 |
| Haliotis glabra | Haliotis picta Röding, 1798; Haliotis ziczac Reeve, 1846 |
| Haliotis imperforataGmelin, 1791 | Stomatia phymotis Helbling, 1779 |
| Haliotis jacnensis jacnensis | Haliotis echinata G. B. Sowerby II, 1882; Haliotis hanleyi Ancey, 1881 |
| Haliotis kamtschatkana assimilis | Haliotis assimilis Dall, 1878; Haliotis aulaea Bartsch, 1940; Haliotis smithsoni Bartsch, 1940 |
| Haliotis laevigata | Haliotis glabra Swainson, 1822; Haliotis albicans Quoy & Gaimard, 1834; Schismotis excisa Gray, 1856 |
| Haliotis madaka | Nordotis madakaHabe, 1977 |
| Haliotis mariae | Haliotis dentataJonas, 1844; Haliotis mariae dentataJonas, 1846; Haliotis mariae mariae Wood, 1828 |
| Haliotis marmorata | Haliotis desussata Philippi, 1850; Haliotis guineensis Gmelin, 1791; Haliotis rosacea Reeve, 1846; Haliotis strigata Weinkauff, 1883; Haliotis virginea Reeve, 1846 |
| Haliotis melculus | Haliotis ethologus(Iredale, 1927); Marinauris ethologus Iredale, 1927; Marinauris melculus Iredale, 1927 |
| Haliotis midae | Haliotis capensis Dunker, R.W., 1844; Haliotis elatior Pilsbry, 1890; Haliotis midae elitior Pilsbry, 1890 |
| Haliotis ovina ovina | Haliotis caelata Röding, 1798; Haliotis latilabris Philippi, 1848; Haliotis ovina ovina f. patamakanthinDekker, Regter & Gras, 2001; Haliotis patamakanthinDekker, Regter & Gras, 2001 |
| Haliotis ovina volcanius | Haliotis volcaniusPatamakanthin & Eng, 2002 |
| Haliotis papulata | Haliotis thailandis Dekker & Patamakanthin, 2001 [3] |
| Haliotis parva | Haliotis canaliculata Lamarck, 1822; Haliotis canaliculata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807; Haliotis carinata Swainson, 1822; Haliotis cingulata Röding, 1798; Haliotis kraussiTurton, 1932; Haliotis rubicunda Röding, 1798; Padollus rubicundus Montfort, 1810 |
| Haliotis planata | Haliotis grayana G. B. Sowerby II, 1882 |
| Haliotis pourtalesii aurantium | Haliotis aurantiumSimone, 1998 |
| Haliotis roei | Haliotis scabricostata Menke, 1843; Haliotis sulcosa Philippi, 1845 |
| Haliotis rubiginosa | Haliotis howensis(Iredale, 1929); Sanhaliotis howensis Iredale, 1929 |
| Haliotis rubra conicopora | Haliotis conicopora Péron, 1816; Haliotis cunninghami Gray, 1826; Haliotis grantiPritchard & Gatliff, 1902; Haliotis vixlirata Cotton, 1943 |
| Haliotis rubra rubra | Haliotis ancile Reeve, 1846; Haliotis improbula Iredale, 1924; Haliotis naevosa Philippi, 1844; Haliotis ruber Leach, 1814; Haliotis whitehousei(Colman, 1959); Sanhaliotis whitehouseiColman, 1959 |
| Haliotis rufescens | Haliotis californiana Valenciennes, 1832; Haliotis hattorii Bartsch, 1940; Haliotis ponderosa C. B. Adams, 1848 |
| Haliotis rugosa pustulata | Haliotis (Sulculus) pustulata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis cruenta Reeve, 1846; Haliotis jousseaumi Mabille, 1888; Haliotis multiperforata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis scutulum Reeve, 1846 |
| Haliotis rugosa rugosa | Haliotis nebulata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis alternata G. B. Sowerby II, 1882; Haliotis revelata Deshayes, 1863; Haliotis pertusa Reeve, 1846 |
| Haliotis scalaris | Padollus scalaris Leach, 1814 |
| Haliotis scalaris scalaris | Haliotis crenata Swainson, 1822; Haliotis tricostalis Lamarck, 1822; Haliotis tricostata W. Wood, 1828 |
| Haliotis semiplicata | Haliotis lauta Reeve, 1846 |
| Haliotis spadicea | Haliotis ficiformis Menke, 1844; Haliotis sanguinea Hanley, 1840; Haliotis sinuata Perry, 1811 |
| Haliotis squamosa | Haliotis crebrisculpta G. B. Sowerby III, 1914; Haliotis roedingi Menke, 1844 |
| Haliotis stomatiaeformis | Haliotis neglecta Philippi, 1848 |
| Haliotis supertexta | Haliotis diversicolor supertexta Lischke, 1870 |
| Haliotis tuberculata coccinea | Haliotis canariensisF. Nordsieck, 1975; Haliotis coccinea Reeve, 1846; Haliotis tuberculata canariensisF. Nordsieck, 1975; Haliotis zealandica Reeve, 1846 |
| Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa | Haliotis lamellosa Lamarck, 1822; Haliotis adriatica Nardo, 1847; 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 O. G. Costa, 1829; Haliotis reticulata var. bisundata Monterosato, 1884 |
| Haliotis tuberculata tuberculata | Haliotis aquatilis Reeve, 1846; Haliotis incisa Reeve, 1846; Haliotis janus Reeve, 1846; Haliotis japonica Reeve, 1846; Haliotis lamellosa var. secernenda Monterosato, 1877; Haliotis lucida Requien, 1848; Haliotis ormier Dautzenberg, 1891; Haliotis pellucida von Salis, 1793; Haliotis reticulata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis rugosa Reeve, 1846; Haliotis striata Linnaeus, 1758; Haliotis tuberculata var. bisundata Monterosato, 1884; Haliotis vulgaris da Costa, 1778 |
| Haliotis unilateralis | Haliotis barbouriFoster, 1946 |
| Haliotis varia | Haliotis astricta Reeve, 1846; Haliotis concinna Reeve, 1846; Haliotis dohrniana Dunker, R.W., 1863; Haliotis dringii Reeve, 1846; Haliotis gemma Reeve, 1846; Haliotis granulata Röding, 1798; 1846; Haliotis pustulifera Pilsbry, 1890; Haliotis semistriata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis viridis Reeve, 1846; Sanhaliotis aliena Iredale, 1929 |
| Haliotis virginea | Haliotis gibba Philippi, 1846; Haliotis marmorata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis subvirginea Weinkauff, 1883; Haliotis virginea virginea Gmelin, 1791 |
| Haliotis virginea virginea | Haliotis gibba Philippi, 1846; Haliotis marmorata Reeve, 1846; Haliotis subvirginea Weinkauff, 1883 |
| Haliotis walallensis | Haliotis fulgens var. walallensisStearns, 1899 |