| Haliotis virginea | |
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| External view of a shell of Haliotis virginea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| (unranked): | clade Vetigastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Haliotoidea |
| Family: | Haliotidae |
| Genus: | Haliotis |
| Species: | H. virginea |
| Binomial name | |
| Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Haliotis marmorata Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Haliotis virginea, Virgin Paua, is a species of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.
Human use [link]
Main article: Paua
Haliotis virginea and other two Haliotis species are known as "paua" in New Zealand and are used as food source.
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