Abalone is an animal of the genus Baofidae.
The outside of the abalone's body is covered with a thick calcareous shell. Its shell is a right-handed spiral shell. The single-walled shell of abalone is hard, right-handed in shape, and has a dark green-brown surface. The purple, green, white and other colors on the inside of the shell complement each other, making it look like jewels.
In addition, abalone shells have a series of spirally arranged protrusions that gradually increase from the top of the shell to the ventral surface. Some of these protrusions near the ends of the whorls are pierced with holes, and the number of holes varies with the species. There are 4 to 5 Panda abalones distributed in northern my country, and 7 to 9 Variegated abalones distributed in the south. In ancient my country, abalone was named "nine-hole snail" because of its characteristics.
Scientific introduction:
The soft part of abalone has a wide and flat fleshy foot. The soft body is flat oval, yellow and white, the big one is like a tea bowl, and the small one is like a copper coin. Abalone relies on its thick feet and flat soles to cling to rocks and crawl in reef shelters and caves. The adhesion of abalone's fleshy feet is quite amazing.
An abalone with a shell length of 15 centimeters has a suction power of up to 200 kilograms. No matter how strong winds and waves hit, they could not lift it. When catching abalone, you can only take advantage of its unpreparedness and use a shovel to shovel it down or overturn it at lightning speed, otherwise you will never be able to remove it even if you smash its shell.
The head of abalone is very developed, and its two tentacles are very thin and long when extended. There is a short protrusion on the dorsal side of the base of the antennae, and eyes grow on the ends of the protrusions. There is a head lobe between the two antennae. There is a kiss extending forward on the ventral surface of the head lobe, and there is a mouth at the front end of the kiss.
There is a powerful radula inside the mouth. The radula is a unique organ of many shellfish. It is a chitinous belt with many rows of small teeth. It is shaped like a file. The shellfish Use these small teeth to scrape and grind food.
Generally speaking, herbivorous species have more denticles with rounded apex, while carnivorous species have fewer denticles but are powerful and often have hooks or spines at the apex. Abalone is a herbivorous species, so its radula has a large number of small teeth.