Green Abalone
name: label: Discipline
content: Invertebrate Zoology
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This object is a green abalone (Haliotis fulgens). This species has a very narrow range and is distributed from Point Concepcion, California, to Bahia de Magdalena, Baja, Mexico. Chances are that this specimen came from California. This species is presently considered a species of concern under the Endangered Species Act, having experienced significant population declines due to overfishing among other causes. The exterior shell is a mottled grey and brown, with some "rainbow" or opal colored flecks. The interior is an opalescent in color. There are five holes (part of the shell's construction) along one edge. This object is approximately 23 cm x 20 cm x7 cm in size.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Nov 2023
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Haliotis fulgens
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO401707
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Mollusca, Gastropoda, Vetigastropoda, Archaeogastropoda, Haliotidae