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White Abalone

Haliotis sorenseni

Classification

The white abalone, scientific name Haliotis sorenseni, is a species of large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone. The white abalone is an endangered species in the United States; it may now have the smallest population of all eight of the abalone species on the west coast of North America. Distribution Historically the white abalone ranged from Point Conception, California, to Baja California, Mexico, and was found especially on the offshore islands.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 71Mexico · 1