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Taxonomy
Family:
HALIOTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Haliotoidea (Superfamily)
> Haliotidae (Family)
> Haliotis (Genus)
> iris (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Haliotis (Padollus) Montfort, 1810
=Haliotis (Paua) Fleming, 1952
=Haliotis (Sulculus) H. & A. Adams, 1854
Synonymised Names:
=Haliotis (Paua) iris Gmelin, 1791 accepted, alternate representation
Images: Haliotis iris Gmelin, 1791
Kaikoura, Canterbury, NZ. 145mm
Under rocks and ledges below low tide. 90mm
Empty shell from Paua farm, Kupe Bay, D'Urville Island, Marlborough Sounds, NZ
Empty shell from Paua farm, Kupe Bay, D'Urville Island, Marlborough Sounds, NZ
Taxonomy
Family:
HALIOTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetelllida (Order)
> Haliotoidea (Superfamily)
> Haliotidae (Family)
> Haliotis (Genus)
> iris (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Haliotis (Padollus) Montfort, 1810
=Haliotis (Paua) Fleming, 1952
=Haliotis (Sulculus) H. & A. Adams, 1854
Synonymised Names:
=Haliotis (Paua) iris Gmelin, 1791 accepted, alternate representation
Details: Haliotis iris Gmelin, 1791
Size/Grows to:
Length 150mm, Width 120mm
Distribution:
North, South & Chatham Islands
Geographical Range:
ACFM
Notes:
Paua, Black-footed Abalone, Marine, Native - 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
Distribution Map
 
References and Publications
  • Owen, B., Kershaw, R. 2014 Iconography of the Haliotis species and subspecies of Australia and New Zealand, The Festivus, 46 (p.5)
  • Eagle, M.K. Dec/2010 Aspects of Abalone Aquaculture and Polyculture, Poirieria, 35 (p.11)
  • Eagle, M.K. 2002 Review of fossil Haliotidae (Gastropoda) from New Zealand with description of a new early Miocene species., Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 39 (p.35)
  • McShane, P.E., Schiel, D.R., Mercer, S.F., Murray, T. 1994 Morphometric variation in Haliotis iris (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Analysis of 61 populations, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 28(4) (p.357)
  • Powell, A.W.B. 1979 New Zealand Mollusca: Marine, Land and Freshwater Shells, Collins, Auckland (p.36)
  • Poore, G.C.B. 1972 Ecology of New Zealand abalones, Haliotis species (Mollusca: Gastropoda), New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 6(3) (p.246)

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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
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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