Haliotidae (abalones) |
12.3 cm SHL (male/unsexed); max. reported age: 15 years |
benthic; marine; depth range 0 - 200 m |
Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: North to the Channel Islands, south to Guinea, including Azores, Canary and Cape Verde Islands, and east to the Mediterranean. Introduced in Ireland and Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea in Israel. |
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Collected from the sublittoral zone, from low tide up to a depth of 200 m (Ref. 2754). Offshore (Ref. 438). Collected from the supralittoral and mediolittoral or intertidal zones (Ref. 2754). |
Vulnerable (VU); Date assessed: 20 December 2019 (A2de) Ref. 123251)
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Recorded as Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa and as Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa var. ex color marmorata from the Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea; as Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa var. ex forma bistriata from the Aegean Sea; and as both Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa var. ex forma bisundata and Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa var. ex forma secerneda from the Mediterranean Sea. M: Ref. 75701. |
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