Elegant abalone
Haliotis elegans
- Water temperature20–24 °C
- Best monthsMarch, June, and July
- How commonRare
Photo credit: (c) Richard Littauer, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
About this species
Haliotis elegans, common name the elegant abalone, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Haliotis elegans”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 3 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 7 records
- April: 2 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 5 records
- July: 6 records
- August: 3 records
- September: 2 records
- October: 1 records
- November: 1 records
- December: 1 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 20–24 °C
Photos
(c) Thomas Mesaglio, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) Peter Crowcroft, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist 
(c) ttsquid, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
Names and classification
- English
- Elegant abalone, Abalone, elegant abalone, Elegant Ear Shell
Names in 2 more languages
- German
- Gerippte Abalone, Geripptes Mausohr
- Japanese
- ニシキアワビ, ユメノミガイ
Other scientific names: Haliotis clathrata
Similar species
Blacklip abaloneHaliotis rubra
Silver abaloneHaliotis australis
Reddish-rayed AbaloneHaliotis coccoradiata
Circular ear shellHaliotis cyclobates
AbaloneHaliotis iris
Greenlip AbaloneHaliotis laevigata
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 34 open-data records from 1943 to 1991.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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