An abalone shell has a neat row of working holes — ChillScroll

A living red abalone with a row of round shell holes clinging to a reef rock

An abalone shell has a neat row of working holes

Water enters an abalone's shell and passes over its gills. It then leaves through the line of open holes near the shell's edge.

Even the shell has its own tidy row of tiny exits.

Source · Monterey Bay Aquarium ↗