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Haliotis asinina
Donkey's Ear Abalone
Animalia › Mollusca › Gastropoda › Lepetellida › Haliotidae
- Collected by
- Langford & Thaanum; ThaanumD.B. LangfordD. B. Langford →Ditlev Due Thaanum →
- Collector number
- 6279
- Date
- 1928
- Locality
- Ryukyu Islands; Loochoos; Okinawa; Kumejima; Gima
- Region
- Ryukyu Islands
- Record type
- Preservedspecimen
Haliotis asinina observed alive
This specimen was collected in 1928. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 83 research-grade sightings in the wild, most recently on 2026-09-26.

2026-09-26
One Tree Island, Queensland, Australia
(c) Elliot Connor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-22
One Tree Island, Queensland, Australia
(c) Elliot Connor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-22
92Q5+PM3, Liloan, Cebu, Philippines
(c) mindless_ryukou, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-22
AU
(c) s5050931, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-22
AU
(c) s5050931, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2026-09-21
Gladstone, QLD, Australia
(c) Hiroya Kidoguchi, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Haliotis asinina. BPBM 225689. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 37069479. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/mo/225689.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 37069479 ↗
- Data license: CC0
- Last harvested October 27, 2026
