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Disk abalone

Haliotis discus Reeve, 1846

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The disk abalone (Haliotis discus) is a species in the family Haliotidae, order Lepetellida.

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Quick facts about the disk abalone

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the disk abalone live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the disk abalone as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. China
  2. Ireland

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the disk abalone endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the disk abalone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderLepetellida
  5. familyHaliotidae
  6. genusHaliotis
  7. SpeciesHaliotis discus Reeve, 1846
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Sabateta de la Mare de Déu japonesaCatalan
  • Abalón japonésSpanish
  • クロアワビJapanese
  • 둥근전복Korean
  • Дисковидный галиотисRussian
  • 盤鮑螺Chinese
  • 북방전복Korean
  • Дисковидное морское ушкоRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the disk abalone

Other species in the same genus Haliotis.

Ormer

Haliotis tuberculata

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

Red abalone

Haliotis rufescens

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

Ass's ear

Haliotis asinina

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

Abalone

Haliotis pourtalesii

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the disk abalone an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the disk abalone as introduced in 2 countries: China and Ireland, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the disk abalone?

The disk abalone (Haliotis discus) belongs to the family Haliotidae in the order Lepetellida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Disk abalone (Haliotis discus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/disk-abalone

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{disk_abalone_2026,
  title = {Disk abalone (Haliotis discus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/disk-abalone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}