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Haliotis asinina, common name the ass's-ear abalone, is a fairly large species of sea snail, a tropical gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone, also known as ormers or pāua. Both the common name and the scientific name are based on the shape of the shell, which is long, narrow and curved, resembling the shape of a donkey's ear.
Living abalone in tank showing epipodium and tentacles, anterior end to the right. Abalone (/ ˈ æ b ə l oʊ n i / ⓘ or / ˌ æ b ə ˈ l oʊ n i /; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six genera but now contains only one genus, Haliotis. [1]
"Mineralogy, Chemistry and Ultrastructure of the External Shell-layer in Ten Species of Haliotis With Reference to Haliotis tuberculata (Mollusca, Archaeogastropoda)". Bulletin of the Geological Institutions of the University of Uppsala. 15: 7– 38. ISSN 0302-2749. EoL (2014). "Haliotis speciosa: Splendid Abalone". Encyclopedia of Life.
Various gastropods from different types: black slug (a slug), Haliotis asinina (an abalone), Cornu aspersum (a land snail), Notarchus indicus (a seahare), Patella vulgata (a limpet), and Polycera aurantiomarginata (a nudibranch). Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: Kingdom: Animalia: Phylum: Mollusca: Class: Gastropoda Cuvier, 1795 [2 ...
This list of abalone synonyms is a list of scientific names that have been given to abalone species worldwide. Carl Linnaeus described the type species Haliotis asinina in 1758, [1] and over the centuries a large number of additional species of abalone were named using the proper scientific process for naming a species. In addition, some ...
Haliotis (Sulculus) australis Gmelin, 1791 Haliotis australis , common name the queen pāua , yellowfoot pāua , or austral abalone, is a species of edible sea snail , a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae , the abalone .
John Alexander, left, eyes Frank Oakes’ handful of tiny abalone in one of the nurseries at the California Marine Associates’ Abalone farm near Cayucos on Oct. 12, 1978.
Haliotis kamtschatkana, common name the northern abalone, threaded abalone, or pinto abalone, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. [1] [3] It has been listed as "Endangered" by the IUCN Red List of Endangered Species since 2006. [1]