Carl Linnaeus described the type species Haliotis asinina in 1758, 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.

Synonyms of species The following species have been brought into synonymy: (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. tomricei Patamakanthin, 2002; Haliotis tomricei Patamakanthin, 2002; Haliotis tuvuthaensis Ladd in Ladd & Hofmeister, 1945; Haliotis venusta A. Adams & Reeve, 1848 Haliotis corrugata corrugata Haliotis diegoensis Orcutt, 1900; Haliotis nodosa Philippi, 1845 Haliotis corrugata oweni Haliotis oweni Talmadge, 1966 Haliotis cracherodii californiensis Haliotis bonita Orcutt, 1900; Haliotis californiensis Swainson, 1822 Haliotis cracherodii cracherodii Haliotis cracerodii var. holzneri Hemphill, 1907; Haliotis expansa Talmadge, 1957; Haliotis imperforata Dall, 1919; Haliotis Iusus Finlay, 1927; Haliotis rosea Orcutt, 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 crebrisculpta Sowerby, 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 guadalupensis Talmadge, 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 imperforata Gmelin, 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 madaka Habe, 1977 Haliotis mariae Haliotis dentata Jonas, 1844; Haliotis mariae dentata Jonas, 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. patamakanthin Dekker, Regter & Gras, 2001; Haliotis patamakanthin Dekker, Regter & Gras, 2001 Haliotis ovina volcanius Haliotis volcanius Patamakanthin & Eng, 2002 Haliotis papulata Haliotis thailandis Dekker & Patamakanthin, 2001 Haliotis parva Haliotis canaliculata Lamarck, 1822; Haliotis canaliculata Fischer von Waldheim, 1807; Haliotis carinata Swainson, 1822; Haliotis cingulata Röding, 1798; Haliotis kraussi Turton, 1932; Haliotis rubicunda Röding, 1798; Padollus rubicundus Montfort, 1810 Haliotis planata Haliotis grayana G. B. Sowerby II, 1882 Haliotis pourtalesii aurantium Haliotis aurantium Simone, 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 granti Pritchard & 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 whitehousei Colman, 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 canariensis F. Nordsieck, 1975; Haliotis coccinea Reeve, 1846; Haliotis tuberculata canariensis F. 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 barbouri Foster, 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. walallensis Stearns, 1899

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