Blacklip abalone

About this species

The blacklip abalone, Haliotis rubra, is an Australian species of large, edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.

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Where and when

Where it has been recorded

Worldwide

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Best months

Worldwide (open data)

January: 887 records
February: 705 records
March: 2,199 records
April: 1,589 records
May: 1,544 records
June: 1,891 records
July: 756 records
August: 799 records
September: 870 records
October: 1,015 records
November: 877 records
December: 608 records

Depth and water temperature

Depth

Mostly recorded at 5–10 m · Deepest record: 287 m

0–10 m: 5,907 records
10–20 m: 1,332 records
20–30 m: 0 records
30–40 m: 0 records
40–50 m: 0 records
50–60 m: 0 records
60–70 m: 0 records
70–80 m: 0 records
80–90 m: 0 records
90–100 m: 0 records
100–110 m: 0 records
110+ m: 2 records

Water temperature

Recorded in surface water of 14–20 °C

12–14 °C: 66 records
14–16 °C: 675 records
16–18 °C: 23 records
18–20 °C: 7 records
20–22 °C: 6 records

Photos

(c) unmotivated_frog, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Grady Duffy, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Josh Nitschke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Eamonn Culhane, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Bryce Watts-Parker, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist
(c) Josh Nitschke, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY · iNaturalist

Names and classification

English: Blacklip abalone, blacklip abalone, Brownlip Abalone

Names in 2 more languages

German: rotes Meerohr
French: ormeau à lèvres noires

Other scientific names: Haliotis ruber

Similar species

Silver abalone
Haliotis australis
Reddish-rayed Abalone
Haliotis coccoradiata
Circular ear shell
Haliotis cyclobates
Abalone
Haliotis iris
Greenlip Abalone
Haliotis laevigata
Staircase abalone
Haliotis scalaris

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).
12,020 open-data records from 1880 to 2024.
Species data updated November 3, 2026.