blackfoot pāua
Haliotis iris
Category: Sea Snails & Nudibranchs
IUCN Conservation Status: LC - Least Concern - species is widespread and abundant, not currently at risk of extinction
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Class
- Gastropoda
- Order
- Lepetellida
- Family
- Haliotidae
- Genus
- Haliotis
Where to Find
Found in 5 diving areas across 1 countries and 1 regions.
- Bay of Islands, New Zealand - 18 records
- Fiordland, New Zealand - 257 records
- Goat Island & Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand - 36 records
- Kaikōura, New Zealand - 115 records
- Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand - 28 records