Virgin paua

Haliotis virginea

Summary 6

Haliotis virginea, Virgin Paua, is a species of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.

Description 7

Size: up to 5 cm

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Femorale, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.femorale.com/shellphotos/detail.asp?species=Haliotis%20virginea%20virginea%20Gmelin,%201791
  2. Jan Delsing, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haliotis_virginea_shell_2.jpg
  3. Jan Delsing, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haliotis_virginea_shell_3.jpg
  4. (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Wills
  5. (c) Lisa Bennett, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Lisa Bennett
  6. Adapted by Tony Wills from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haliotis virginea
  7. (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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