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.