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Green Ormer

Haliotis tuberculata

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) zm77, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

25 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Spain.January 19, February 35, March 19, April 21, May 25, June 21, July 29, August 33, September 19, October 32, November 12, December 14.
Spain279
France102
Andalucía83
Cataluña/Catalunya73
Greece72
Italy69
Croatia69
Galicia62
Portugal40
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur40

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Shell-bearingProtected by a hard shellFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumMolluscs · Mollusca
ClassGastropods · Gastropoda
OrderLepetellida
FamilyHaliotidae
GenusAbalones · Haliotis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Green Ormer with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.