Haliotis queketti

This a grouping of a very small species of HALIOTIDAE, Haliotis queketti (Smith, 1910). This variable and uncommon little species of Abalone comes from a limited area off the west coast of South Africa to reports from western Somalia. This shows evidence of the variety of pattern, color and textural sculpturing found in this little jewel of a species very seldom seen except in large and scientific collections.