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Sheep's ear abalone

Haliotis ovina Gmelin, 1791

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The sheep's ear abalone (Haliotis ovina) is a species in the family Haliotidae, order Lepetellida.

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Quick facts about the sheep's ear abalone

Weight
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Length
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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 sheep's ear abalone live?

Not recorded

Is the sheep's ear 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 sheep's ear abalone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderLepetellida
  5. familyHaliotidae
  6. genusHaliotis
  7. SpeciesHaliotis ovina Gmelin, 1791
Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • マアナゴJapanese
  • Бараний галиотисRussian
  • หอยโข่งทะเลเปลือกกลมThai
  • 圓鮑螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sheep's ear 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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What kind of animal is the sheep's ear abalone?

The sheep's ear abalone (Haliotis ovina) 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). Sheep's ear abalone (Haliotis ovina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sheeps-ear-abalone

MLA

“Sheep's ear abalone (Haliotis ovina).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/sheeps-ear-abalone.

BibTeX
@misc{sheeps_ear_abalone_2026,
  title = {Sheep's ear abalone (Haliotis ovina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sheeps-ear-abalone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}