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Greenlip abalone

Haliotis laevigata Donovan, 1808

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

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

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Quick facts about the greenlip 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 greenlip abalone live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the greenlip 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 greenlip 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 greenlip abalone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderLepetellida
  5. familyHaliotidae
  6. genusHaliotis
  7. SpeciesHaliotis laevigata Donovan, 1808

Synonyms Haliotis albicans, Haliotis excisa, Haliotis glabra, Schismotis excisa

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • ušeň hladkáCzech
  • ウスヒラアワビJapanese
  • Гладкий галиотисRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the greenlip 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

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Is the greenlip abalone an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the greenlip abalone?

The greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata) 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). Greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/greenlip-abalone

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BibTeX
@misc{greenlip_abalone_2026,
  title = {Greenlip abalone (Haliotis laevigata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/greenlip-abalone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}