Green ormer

Green ormer
	Black and white underwater photo of Haliotis tuberculata coccinea showing its tentacles extended
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
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
	Haliotis tuberculata coccinea Reeve, 1846 ; Haliotis tuberculata fernandesi Owen, Grace, & Afonso ; Haliotis tuberculata marmorata Linnaeus, 1758 ; Haliotis tuberculata tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 ;
Synonyms
	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.

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

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