Species FAO code: HLT

Haliotis tuberculata

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description
Combined Nomenclature

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
Austria	de Abalone de Meerohr de Seeohr	–
Belgium	fr Ormeau nl Zeeoor	–
Croatia	hr petrovo uho	–
Czech Republic	cs Ušeň mořská cs Ušeň	–
Denmark	da Europæisk søøre	–
France	fr ormeau	–
Germany	de Meerohr de Abalone de Seeohr	–
Greece	el Αυτί της θάλασσας	–
Ireland	en Tuberculate abalone ga Cluas mhara fhaithneach	–
Italy	it Orecchia marina	–
Lithuania	lt gumbuotoji jūrų ausis	–
Luxembourg	de Seeohr fr ormeau	–
Netherlands	nl Zeeoor	–
Portugal	pt Orelha-do-mar pt Lapa-real	–
Slovenia	sl morsko uho	–
Spain	es Oreja de mar	Canary Islands: Almeja canaria Catalonia: Orella de mar Galicia: Peneira

Main production methods

Caught
Farmed

Main fishing gears

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758

Habitat

Saltwater

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758

Scientific name

Haliotis tuberculata

Author

Linnaeus, 1758

Rank

Species

FAO code

HLT

Taxonomic classification

ClassGastropoda
- OrderPatellogastropoda
  - FamilyHaliotidae
    - GenusHaliotis
      - SpeciesHaliotis tuberculata

Synonyms

Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa Lamark, 1822

Source: Palomares, M.L.D. and D. Pauly. Editors. SeaLifeBase. Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758

An annually revised goods classification scheme used in EU for the purposes of customs duty and foreign trade statistics. The scheme is based on the Harmonized System nomenclature, further extended with Community subdivisions. Each subdivision is identified by an eight-digit numerical code. Read more: Combined Nomenclature

03 — CHAPTER 3 - FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 0307 — Molluscs, whether in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled, frozen, dried, salted or in brine; smoked molluscs, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process; flours, meals and pellets of molluscs, fit for human consumption
  - Abalone (Haliotis spp.)
    - 0307 81 00 — Live, fresh or chilled
    - 0307 89 — Other
      - 0307 89 10 — Smoked, whether in shell or not, whether or not cooked before or during the smoking process, not otherwise prepared
      - 0307 89 90 — Other
16 — CHAPTER 16 - PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES
- 1605 — Crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, prepared or preserved
  - Molluscs
    - 1605 57 00 — Abalone

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Haliotis tuberculata

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Dredges

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 27 - Atlantic, Northeast

Area 34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central

Area 37 - Mediterranean and Black Sea