Haliotis laevigata

Haliotis laevigata
Green form of Haliotis laevigata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Family: Haliotidae
Genus: Haliotis
Species:
H. laevigata
Binomial name
Haliotis laevigata
Donovan, 1808
Synonyms
  • Haliotis albicans Quoy & Gaimard, 1834
  • Haliotis (Haliotis) excisa Gray, J.E., 1856
  • Haliotis glabra Swainson, 1822
  • Schismotis excisa Gray, 1856

Haliotis laevigata, common name the smooth Australian abalone or greenlip abalone or whitened ear shell, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.