Actually all Paua has a shell, the only ones that don't have been de-shelled by man.
Prices vary a fair bit but it can be sold for anything up to $150 a kg
When a Paua dies the animal releases its grip from what ever rock it was clinging from and floats freely, the meat part then is often consumed by crabs or starfish and the empty shell more often than not washes up on the beach.
Anywhere from the low tide mark to 10m out.
A shell is a "command prompt" like application in unix based systems, there are many shells, k-shell (ksh) is one of them, others are bourne-shell (sh), born again shell (bash) etc .... They have their own set of commands, some of them may be supported by more than one shell. states above are correct k-shell or korn shell.
The inner most shell is the K shell with 2 electrons whereas the outer shell or the L shell has 5 electrons
Paua Shell has been well known of for over 1000 years, the first people to sight Paua would of been the New Zealand Maori when they arrived.
A large quantity of Paua Shell jewellery is only made in NZ, this is mostly because of the ease of supply. However there are several Asian and Indian importers of Paua Shell (from NZ) that also create a range of Paua related items.
Paua shell or oyster shell (mother of pear)
paua shell
Either with a very sharp knife, or insert a thumb under the Paua and just keeping pushing, it should peel out of the shell with reasonable force.
pufel or paua
Shell's and paua's
Though there is several recipes for cooking Paua the simplest is leaving it in its shell and cook slowly over an open fire on the beach.
Paua is the Maori word for a species of Abalone which is only found in the waters of New Zealand. The Paua is actually related to snails.
Paua
As early as the late 1700's to the early 1800's the significance of the colours of the Paua Shell made it a highly prised souvenirs for any foreign visitor.
Yes for many a decade.