The abalone is the popular name for various species of the shell-fish of the Haliotidae family. They have a richly coloured shell yielding mother-of-pearl. This sort of Haliotis is also commonly called ear-shell, and in Guernsey the ormer. The abalone shell is found especially at Santa Barbara and other places on the southern Californian coast, and when polished makes a beautiful ornament. The mollusc itself is often eaten, and dried for consumption in China and Japan. Research Abalone
Haliotis is a genus of gateropodous molluscs commonly called abalone, ear- shell or sea-ear and found adhering to rocks on the sea-shore. They are remarkable for the pearly iridescence of their inner surface. Research Haliotis
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Abbreviations
Research Abalone
