Green ormer

Green ormer
Black and white underwater photo of Haliotis tuberculata coccinea showing its tentacles extended
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Lepetellida
Family:	Haliotidae
Genus:	Haliotis
Species:	H. tuberculata
Binomial name
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758
Subspecies[2]
Haliotis tuberculata coccinea Reeve, 1846 Haliotis tuberculata fernandesi Owen, Grace, & Afonso Haliotis tuberculata marmorata Linnaeus, 1758 Haliotis tuberculata tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms[2]
Haliotis adriatica Nardo, 1847 Haliotis canariensis F. Nordsieck, 1975 Haliotis coccinea Reeve, 1846 Haliotis lamellosa Lamarck, 1822 Haliotis lamellosa var. auriculata Monterosato, 1888 Haliotis lamellosa var. marmorata Pallary, 1900 Haliotis lamellosa var. planata Monterosato, 1888 Haliotis lamellosa var. producta Monterosato, 1888 Haliotis lamellosa var. rubra Pallary, 1900 Haliotis lamellosa var. viridis Pallary, 1900 Haliotis marmorata Costa O.G., 1829 Haliotis reticulata var. bisundata Monterosato, 1884 Haliotis speciosa Reeve, 1846 Haliotis tuberculata canariensis F. Nordsieck, 1975 Haliotis tuberculata coccinea Reeve, 1846 Haliotis tuberculata lamellosa Lamarck, 1822 Haliotis zealandica Reeve, 1846

The green ormer (Haliotis tuberculata) is a northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean species of sea snail, a coastal marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, the abalones or ormer snails.^[2]

The flesh of the green ormer is prized as a delicacy, and this has led to a decline in its population in some areas.