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Red abalone

Haliotis rufescens Swainson, 1822

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

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

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Quick facts about the red 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 red abalone live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. China
  2. Peru

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 red 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 red abalone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderLepetellida
  5. familyHaliotidae
  6. genusHaliotis
  7. SpeciesHaliotis rufescens Swainson, 1822

Synonyms Haliotis californiana, Haliotis hattorii, Haliotis ponderosa, Haliotis rufescens hattorii

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • ušeň červenáCzech
  • Rote AbaloneGerman
  • abulón rojoSpanish
  • Ormeau du PacifiqueFrench
  • Abalone rossoItalian
  • Красноватый галиотисRussian
  • ušo červenkastýSlovak
  • 紅鮑Chinese
  • Rotes MeerohrGerman
  • Rotes SeeohrGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the red abalone

Other species in the same genus Haliotis.

Ormer

Haliotis tuberculata

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

Ass's ear

Haliotis asinina

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

Abalone

Haliotis pourtalesii

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

Paua

Haliotis iris

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the red abalone an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the red abalone?

The red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) belongs to the family Haliotidae in the order Lepetellida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-13. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Red abalone (Haliotis rufescens). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-abalone

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BibTeX
@misc{red_abalone_2026,
  title = {Red abalone (Haliotis rufescens)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/red-abalone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}