| Haliotis rubra | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. rubra |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis rubra W. E. Leach, 1814 |
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Haliotis rubra, common name the blacklip abalone, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.
This species is endemic to Australia and is of one of the main species of abalone taken in South Australia.[1]
It is called blacklip because the edge of the foot is black.