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. |