haliotis
Noun
Meaning
A genus of marine shells; the ear-shells. See Abalone.
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Examples
Haliotis australis and Haliotis virginea are also found in New Zealand waters, but are less popular than H. iris.
Haliotis asinina has a somewhat different shape, as it is more elongated and distended.
Sizes vary from convert ( Haliotis pulcherrima ) to convert while Haliotis rufescens is the largest of the genus at convert.
These subgenera have become alternate representations of Haliotis.