"Haliotis Rufescens"

Kingdom: Animalia

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Phylum: Mollusca

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Class: Gastropoda

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Order: Archaeogastropoda

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Family: Haliotidae

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Genus/Species: "Haliotis rufescens"

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Interesting Facts

• Habitat: Intertidal zone and sub-tidally down to at least 100 feet. In the south, sub-tidal zone down to at least 100 feet.

• Comments: Size to at least 11.76 inches, commonly 6-8 inches. World's largest abalone. Most desirable commercially for size and light meat color. They may recolonize depleted areas more rapidly than other species. Object of mariculture around the globe.

• Brick red and the inside edge is often red there are 3-4 open pores, moderately elevated above the shell surface.

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Red Abalone The Red Abalone is a slow  sea snail, it also has a funny name called Haliotis Rufescens even thou it is hard to pounce, it is also hard to see it move.

References

http://www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu/ By: Becca Anderson, M.S.

http://www.anth.ucsb.edu/faculty/glassow/RAMP/r.abalone_hist.html

http://www.fishtech.com/redab.html