HAL’s Shells
Please enjoy these preserved abalone ID shells curated by the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.
Each species’s has two sets of shell images, a ventral (“bottom”) view and a dorsal (“top”) view. These images were graciously provided by Vanessa Delnavaz, Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Black Abalone
Haliotis cracherodii
Black Abalone
Haliotis cracherodii
Flat Abalone
Halitois walallensis
Flat Abalone
Halitois walallensis
Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens
Green Abalone
Haliotis fulgens
Pink Abalone
Haliotis corrugata
Pink Abalone
Haliotis corrugata
Pinto Abalone
Haliotis kamtschatkana
Pinto Abalone
Haliotis kamtschatkana
Red Abalone
Haliotis rufescens
Red Abalone
Haliotis rufescens
White Abalone
Haliotis sorenseni
White Abalone
Haliotis sorenseni
