Perlemoen is a synonym of abalone.

As nouns the difference between perlemoen and abalone

is that perlemoen is {{context|south africa|lang=en}} abalone while abalone is {{context|us|australia|lang=en}} an edible univalve mollusc of the genus haliotis , having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl {{defdate|mid 19^th century}}{{reference-book | editor =lindberg, christine a | title = the oxford college dictionary | origyear = 2002| edition = 2nd | year =2007| publisher =spark publishing | location =new york, ny | isbn =978-1-4114-0500-4 | pages =1}}.