Haliotis
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Phylum | Mollusca | Haliotis, common name abalone (US), pāua (NZ), or ormer (UK), is the only genus in the family Haliotidae. The genus consists of small to very large, edible, herbivorous sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs. The number of species recognized worldwide ranges between 30 and 130, with over 230 species-level taxa described.
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class | Gastropoda | |
Superfamily | Haliotoidea | |
Family | Haliotidae | |
Genus | Haliotis |