Haliotis iris | |
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A shell of Haliotis iris | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Vetigastropoda |
Order: | Lepetellida |
Family: | Haliotidae |
Genus: | Haliotis |
Species: | H. iris
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Binomial name | |
Haliotis iris Gmelin, 1791
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Synonyms | |
Haliotis (Paua) iris Gmelin, 1791 |
Haliotis iris, common name pāua, blackfoot pāua or rainbow abalone, is a species of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalones.[2]