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Ormer

Mollusks

The ormer (Haliotis tuberculata) is a species of sea snail in the abalone family Haliotidae, with a flattened, oval, ear-shaped spiral shell showing a mottled exterior and a thick inner layer of iridescent mother-of-pearl; a curving row of respiratory apertures runs along its lower margin. Its shell reaches up to 10 centimeters long and 6.5 centimeters wide. It lives on rocky shores in European waters from the Mediterranean Sea north to the Channel Islands, and also occurs through Macaronesia and West Africa in the Atlantic. It grazes on algae, especially sea lettuce, and breeds in summer by external fertilization. It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with populations declining from overfishing for food.

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Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Relationship to People
Farmed or Commercially Raised 1
Relationship to People
Hunted or Fished 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Conservation Status
Vulnerable 1
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1. Abalone - Wikipedia
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 342304
    Abalone (mass noun; or ; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) are sea snails in the genus Haliotis, the only genus in the family Haliotidae.
  • article text (diet), EntityId 342304
    The adults are herbivorous and feed with their rhipidoglossan radula on macroalgae, preferring red or brown algae.
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 342304
    Overfishing and poaching have reduced wild populations to such an extent that farmed abalone now supplies most of the abalone meat consumed.
  • Description
    It is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, with populations declining from overfishing for food.
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2. Abalone (Wikipedia)
approximately 70 known species alive todayView the Source
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