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Taxonomy
Family:
HALIOTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (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. © rights reserved
Under rocks and ledges below low tide. 90mm. © rights reserved
Empty shell from Paua farm, Kupe Bay, D'Urville Island, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. © rights reserved
Empty shell from Paua farm, Kupe Bay, D'Urville Island, Marlborough Sounds, NZ. © rights reserved
Taxonomy
Family:
HALIOTIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Lepetellida (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:
Three Kings, North, South, Stewart, Snares and Chatham Islands, from 0-20m
Notes:
Paua, Black-footed Abalone, Marine, Native - Endemic
Description:
Interior is brilliant irridescent colouration of blue and green. Exterior almost always encrusted with coralline algae. Animal is black with a dark grey foot

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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)

NZ Geographical Regions
Key to symbols used in Checklist.
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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