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References

• Abbott, R. 1954. American seashells. New York: Van Nostrand Co., Inc..
• Bevans, M. 1961. The Book of Sea Shells. New York: Doubleday and Company.
• Graham, T.; Sarikaya, M. 2000. Growth dynamics of red abalone shell: a biomimetic model. Materials Science and Engineering C. 11(2): 145-153.
• Halstead, B. 1988. Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World. Princeton, NJ: The Darwin Press.
• Harbo, Rick M., 1997. ;Shells and Shellfish of the Pacific Northwest: ; A Field Guide. ;Harbour Publishing, Madeira, BC. Canada. ; ISBN 1-55017-146-1. ;Paperback, 271 pp. ; The front of this book has color photos and briefdescriptions of mollusks and brachiopods found in the northwest. ;The latter part of the book has somewhat more detailed descriptions keyedto the color photos. ; Organized taxonomically.
• Howorth, P. 1978. The Abalone Book. Happy Camp, California: Naturegraph Publishers Inc..
• Mayer, G. 2006. New classes of tough composite materials-Lessons from natural rigid biological systems. Materials Science and Engineering C. 26(8): 1261-1268.
• Morris, P. 1966. A Field Guide to Shells. Cambridge: Riverside Press.
• Morris, Percy A., 1966. ;Pacific Coast Shells. ; Peterson Field Guide. ; 297 pp, paperback. ;Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston. ; ISBN 0-395-08029-0. ; Brief descriptionsand mostly black-and-white photos of hundreds of shells found on the NorthAmerican Pacific coast.
• Rosenberg, G. (2010). Haliotis rufescens Swainson, 1822. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=445357 on 2012-05-23
• Tucker, R. 1986. Seashells of North America: A Guide to Field Identification. New York: Western Publishing Company, Golden Press.
• Turgeon, D. D., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, W. K. Emerson, W. G. Lyons, W. Pratt, et al. 1988. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: mollusks. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 16. vii + 277
• Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al. 1998. Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526
• Wang, C.; Huang, Y.; Zan, Q.; Guo, H.; Cai, S. 2000. Biomimetic structure design—a possible approach to change the brittleness of ceramics in nature. Materials Science & Engineering C. 11(1): 9-12.