Summary ⁵

Haliotis iris, common name paua, blackfoot paua or rainbow abalone, is a species of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.

Description ⁶

Size: up to 16 – 18 cm long, minimum legal size 12.5cm

Sources and Credits

1. Tony Wills, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), uploaded by Tony Wills
2. Jan Delsing, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haliotis_iris_shell_2.jpg
3. (c) Nick White, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P%C4%81ua_foot.JPG
4. (c) H. Zell, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haliotis_iris_01.JPG
5. Adapted by Tony Wills from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haliotis_iris
6. (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• SeaLifeBase
• World Register of Marine Species

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