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First marine invertebrate listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, in 2001, following catastrophic population collapse off Southern California.
Largest abalone species, native to the California coast, growing to 31 cm; once heavily harvested commercially, it is now a protected species.
Pacific abalone ranging from Southern California to Baja California, named for its wavy, corrugated shell margin and rosy-pink nacreous interior.
Listed as federally endangered in 2009, the black abalone was devastated along the California coast by withering syndrome disease and overharvesting.
Pacific abalone native to California and Baja California, distinguished by its vivid green-lined shell interior and fringe of epipodial tentacles.
The northernmost abalone in the eastern Pacific, ranging from Alaska to Baja California, and listed as threatened under Canada's Species at Risk Act.
