You should contact one of the following Mexican government dependencies:
Centro de Servicios y Capacitación al Comercio Exterior de BANCOMEXT (in Spanish)
http://www.bancomext.com
Comisión Mixta para la Promoción de las Exportaciones (COMPEX). SecretarÃa de EconomÃa (in Spanish)
http://www.contactopyme.gob.mx
I love to keep the shells of abalone after I eat them with my favorite sauce.
Paper nautilus, conch shell, whelk shells, british pearl shells, and scallop shells. :)
Yes, there are imitation abalone products made from various materials such as dyed shells or plastics that mimic the appearance of real abalone. These imitation products are often used as a more affordable alternative to real abalone in jewelry or decorative items.
Abalone shells are typically harvested by free divers who search for the mollusks in seaweed-covered rocky areas along the coastline. The divers use tools like pry bars to carefully detach the abalone from the rocks without damaging the shell. Strict regulations are in place to ensure sustainable harvesting practices and protect abalone populations from overexploitation.
The Pomo tribe are best known for their woven baskets. The baskets were sometimes beaded and feathered. They also made jewelry of clam shells and abalone shells.
The Chumash Indians used fishing rods , spears , bows , arrows , and abalone shells
Snails, top shells, cones, sundials, tiny augers, Florida augers, murex, olives, tulip shells, cowries, periwinkles, and limpets
The sea otter in "Island of the Blue Dolphins" likely used its sharp teeth to crack open the abalone shells to access the meat inside. Sea otters are known for their dexterous use of their paws and teeth to forage for prey, including hard-shelled invertebrates like abalone.
Shell tiles are made of precious shells like paua, blacklip, brownlip, whitelip, yellowlip, abalone pink, black agate, troca, mop or mother of pearl, capiz, abalone, blackpen, abalone yellow, abalone green, chamber, paua, violet oyster, and more Philippine seashells. Suitable for outdoors and indoors like floors, walls, kitchens and bathrooms and can be colored formulated to suit any design.
I'm unable to show pictures as I am a text-based assistant. However, you can easily find pictures of abalones by doing a quick search on the internet. Abalones are marine snails known for their colorful iridescent shells.
Abalone are bivalve shellfish. Their meat is eaten, but their value is in the inner lining of their shells, where the mother-of-pearl is especially bright with iridescent blues and greens.
As long as these are just shells - meaning no living animals inside them - you will be OK.