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Mollusca (Phylum) > Gastropoda (Class) > Vetigastropoda (Subclass) > Lepetelllida (Order) > Haliotoidea (Superfamily) > Haliotidae (Family) > Haliotis (Genus)
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  • Genus: Haliotis

  • Haliotis australis Gmelin, 1791
    Length 83mm, Width 55mm
    Silver Paua, Yellow Foot Paua, Marine, Endemic, More corrugated sculpture than common Paua. Interior is silvery pink with bluish flecks. Animal is black with a yellow foot and tentacles
    North, South, Stewart, Chatham, Snares and Auckland Islands
    ACFMAnE.
  • Haliotis iris Gmelin, 1791
    Length 150mm, Width 120mm
    Paua, Black-footed Abalone, Marine, Endemic, Interior is brilliant irridescent colouration of blue and green. Exterior almost always encrusted with coralline algae. Animal is black with a dark grey foot
    North, South & Chatham Islands
    ACFME.
  • Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791
    Length 73mm, Width 45mm
    Marine, Endemic, Exterior light reddish brown with greenish stripes. Interior irridescent predominantly red or green. Sculpture of narrow, weakly-developed spiral ribs, poorly developed lamellae. Animal is pale with a white foot
    Southern part of North Island, South and Stewart Island
    ACFE.
  • Haliotis virginea crispata Gould, 1847
    Length 47mm, Width 28mm
    Marine, Endemic, Very fine and narrow spiral ribs, strong lamellae
    Northland Peninsula to Mahia
    ACE.
  • Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880
    Length 64mm, Width 45mm
    Marine, Endemic, Spiral ribbing wider than virginea, but weaker than stewartae
    Campbell and Auckland Islands
    AnE.
  • Haliotis virginea morioria Powell, 1938
    Length 54mm, Width 38mm
    Marine, Endemic, Has a off-white to yellow foot
    Chatham Islands
    ME.
  • Haliotis virginea stewartae Jones & Owen, 2004
    Length 65mm
    Paua, Marine, Endemic, Strong, widely separated spiral ribs, and brick red exterior surface
    Antipodes and Bounty Islands
    AnE.
Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil