The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has instituted a White Abalone Recovery Project, which has researched how to aid abalones that suffer from deadly shell lesions. Conservation efforts ...

DESCRIPTION: White abalone are ocean-dwelling mollusks with a thin, oval shell that is red or brown on the outside and a variety of iridescent colors, particularly white and pink, inside. They grow to ...

At the shell's edge is the abalone's head, complete with eyes, mouth, and a pair of black tentacles. The abalone's large, muscular foot is shaped like a flattened mushroom and is used to generate ...