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Giant abalone

Haliotis gigantea Gmelin, 1791

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

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

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Quick facts about the giant 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 giant abalone live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the giant abalone as introduced in 1 country.

  1. China

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 giant 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 giant abalone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderLepetellida
  5. familyHaliotidae
  6. genusHaliotis
  7. SpeciesHaliotis gigantea Gmelin, 1791

Synonyms Haliotis gigantea, Haliotis gigas, Haliotis sieboldii, Haliotis tubifera

Other names and names in other languages (9)
  • Riesen-SeeohrGerman
  • ormeau géantFrench
  • メガイアワビJapanese
  • 말전복Korean
  • reuzenzeeoorDutch
  • Japanisches RiesenmeerohrGerman
  • RiesenabaloneGerman
  • RiesenmeerohrGerman
  • Megai AwabiJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the giant 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 giant abalone an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the giant abalone as introduced in 1 country: China, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the giant abalone?

The giant abalone (Haliotis gigantea) 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). Giant abalone (Haliotis gigantea). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-abalone

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BibTeX
@misc{giant_abalone_2026,
  title = {Giant abalone (Haliotis gigantea)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/giant-abalone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}