Haliotidae

For other uses, see Abalone (disambiguation). Abalone (from Spanish Abulón) are a group of shellfish (mollusks) in the family Haliotidae and the Haliotis genus. They are marine snails, and belong to the suborder Rhipidoglossa (in earlier classifications) in the large class Gastropoda. There is only one genus in the family Haliotidae, and about four to seven subgenera. The taxonomy of the family is still somewhat confused. The number of species recognized world-wide ranges from about 100 to 130 (due to the occurrence of hybrids).
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Noun
1. abalones
(synonym) family Haliotidae
(hypernym) mollusk family
(member-holonym) Gastropoda, class Gastropoda, Gasteropoda, class Gasteropoda
(member-meronym) Haliotis, genus Haliotis