Abalones belong to the large class of gastropods. The family has odd characteristics such as; the shell is rounded to oval, with two to three whorls, and the last one auriform, grown into a large "ear", giving rise to the common name ‘ear-shell’.
The body has a series of holes - four to ten depending on the species, near the anterior margin.Abalone is a species of shellfish (mollusks) from the Haliotidae family (genus Haliotis
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i thought this was pretty cool when i read about a new species!
ReplyDeleteI would love to see a picture of thIs species. They sound very interesting !
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