Phylum Mollusca Linnaeus, 1758 - molluscs
   Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 - snails and slugs
     Subclass Prosobranchia Milne-Edwards, 1848 - prosobranchs see Class Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795
       Superorder Archaeogastropoda Thiele, 1925
         Order Vetigastropoda Salvini-Plawen, 1980 - archaeogastropods s.l.
           Superfamily Scissurelloidea Gray, 1847
             Family Haliotidae Rafinesque, 1815 [monotypic] - abalones
               Genus Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
                 01 Subgenus Euhaliotis Wenz, 1938
                 02 Subgenus Exohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933
                 03 Subgenus Marinauris Iredale, 1927
                 04 Subgenus Nordotis Habe & Kosuge, 1964
                 05 Subgenus Notohaliotis Cotton & Godfrey, 1933
                 06 Subgenus Ovinotis Cotton, 1943
                 07 Subgenus Padollus Montfort, 1810
                 08 Subgenus Paua Fleming, 1952
                 09 Subgenus Sanhaliotis Iredale, 1929
                 10 Subgenus Schismotis Gray, 1856
                 11 Subgenus Sulculus Adams & Adams, 1854
                 12 Subgenus Usahaliotis Habe & Kosuge, 1964