The Haliotidae Family includes 56 species comprising only one genus (Haliotis)

Phylum      : Mollusca
 Class       : Gastropoda 
  Subclass    : Vetigastropoda 
   Order       : Lepetellida 
    Superfamily : Haliotoidea 
     Family      : Haliotidae

Common name : abalones

Aspect : Iridescent shell resembling a large bivalve valve, but with a flattened spiral winding. Last important turn with a series of open perforations on the most recent part of the shell. No seal.

Feeding : herbivore

Environment : Mediterranean Sea, Southwest Pacific, California and South Africa. Shallow waters

Haliotis rufescens Swainson, 1822