HALIOTIDAE

Organisms:
Abalone

Information:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Subphylum: Conchifera
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Archeogastropoda
Family: Haliotidae
Locations: Shallow and mid-depth salt water environments
Photo 1: Abalone

Notes:
You may have seen the class polyplacophora, they have multiple shell parts. The organisms in Haliotidae only have one shell and their foot that helps them move across the rocks.

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