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Species List for Genus: Haliotis
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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 pirimoana Walton, Marshall, Rawlence & Spencer, 2024
    Length 37mm, Width 24mm
    Marine
    Three Kings Islands
    A
  • 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, spiral ribs. Animal is pale with a white foot
    North, South and Stewart Island, Chathams, Campbell and Auckland Islands
    ACFMAnE.
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