Photomicrograph of Haliotis sp. radulla showing teeth like structures


Abalone are small to very large-sized edible sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae and the genus Haliotis. Family Haliotidae has no subfamilies. Common names for abalones also include ear-shells, sea-ears and Venus's-ears, as well as muttonfish or muttonshells in Australia, ormer in Jersey and Guernsey, perlemoen in South Africa and pāua in New Zealand.


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Keywords: gastropod, grate, graze, haliotis, marine, microscope, mollusc, photomicrograph, radula, radulla, showing, sp., structures, teeth