CreatureData

Small abalone

Haliotis diversicolor Reeve, 1846

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

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

No freely licensed photo yet

Quick facts about the small 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 small abalone live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. Thailand

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 small 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 small abalone classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderLepetellida
  5. familyHaliotidae
  6. genusHaliotis
  7. SpeciesHaliotis diversicolor Reeve, 1846

Synonyms Haliotis diversicolor, Haliotis gruneri, Haliotis sepiculata, Haliotis supertexta, Sulculus diversicolor

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Many-colored abaloneEnglish
  • Many-coloured abaloneEnglish
  • Multicolored abaloneEnglish
  • ušeň barevnáCzech
  • Vielfarbige AbaloneGerman
  • Abalone varioItalian
  • TokobushiJapanese
  • 마대오분자기Korean
  • Галиотис пестрыйRussian
  • 九孔螺Chinese
  • Vielfarbiges MeerohrGerman
  • Aliotide varioItalian
  • Orecchio di mare varioItalian
  • トコブシJapanese
  • 多彩鲍螺Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the small 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

Paua

Haliotis iris

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

CompareSmall abalone vs OrmerSmall abalone vs Red abaloneSmall abalone vs Ass's earSmall abalone vs Abalone

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the small abalone an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is the small abalone?

The small abalone (Haliotis diversicolor) 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.

Embed a card for this animal on your own site

Copy this code. The card shows the photo with its credit, key facts and a link back to this page.

Preview the card

APA

CreatureData. (2026). Small abalone (Haliotis diversicolor). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-abalone

MLA

“Small abalone (Haliotis diversicolor).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-abalone.

BibTeX
@misc{small_abalone_2026,
  title = {Small abalone (Haliotis diversicolor)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/small-abalone},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-13}
}