WoRMS name details
Haliotis (Paua) virginea Gmelin, 1791
829719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:829719)
alternative representation
Species
Haliotis (Paua) C. A. Fleming, 1952 represented as Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758
Haliotis virginea crispata A. A. Gould, 1847 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Haliotis virginea morioria A. W. B. Powell, 1938 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Haliotis virginea stewartae M. Jones & R. S. Owen, 2004 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Haliotis virginea virginea Gmelin, 1791 · unaccepted > superseded rank
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3690 [details]
page(s): 3690 [details]
Type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
type locality contained in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone (origin: native - endemic) [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2026). MolluscaBase. Haliotis (Paua) virginea Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=829719 on 2026-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791) Gmelin, J. F. (1791). Caroli a Linné Systema Naturae, ed. 13. Tome 1(6). Vermes. G. E. Beer, Lipsiae [Leipzig]. pp. 3021-3910. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83098#5
page(s): 3690 [details]
page(s): 3690 [details]
Other
additional source
Maxwell, P. A. (2009). Cenozoic Mollusca. Pp 232-254 in Gordon, D. P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Haliotis virginea stewartae M. Jones & R. S. Owen, 2004)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Haliotis virginea virginea Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880)
To Conchology (Haliotis virginea crispata) (from synonym Haliotis virginea crispata A. A. Gould, 1847)
To Conchology (Haliotis virginea huttoni) (from synonym Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880)
To Conchology (Haliotis virginea morioria) (from synonym Haliotis virginea morioria A. W. B. Powell, 1938)
To Malacopics (Haliotis virginea crispata A. Gould, 1847 New Zealand, Northland, Bay of Islands Co.... (from synonym Haliotis virginea crispata A. A. Gould, 1847)
To Malacopics (Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880 New Zealand) (from synonym Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880)
To Malacopics (Haliotis virginea morioria Powell, 1938 New Zealand, Chatham Islands Territory, Wait... (from synonym Haliotis virginea morioria A. W. B. Powell, 1938)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.154176; Haliotis virginea stewartae Jones & Owen, 2004; holotype) (from synonym Haliotis virginea stewartae M. Jones & R. S. Owen, 2004)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Haliotis virginea virginea Gmelin, 1791)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880)
To Conchology (Haliotis virginea crispata) (from synonym Haliotis virginea crispata A. A. Gould, 1847)
To Conchology (Haliotis virginea huttoni) (from synonym Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880)
To Conchology (Haliotis virginea morioria) (from synonym Haliotis virginea morioria A. W. B. Powell, 1938)
To Malacopics (Haliotis virginea crispata A. Gould, 1847 New Zealand, Northland, Bay of Islands Co.... (from synonym Haliotis virginea crispata A. A. Gould, 1847)
To Malacopics (Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880 New Zealand) (from synonym Haliotis virginea huttoni Filhol, 1880)
To Malacopics (Haliotis virginea morioria Powell, 1938 New Zealand, Chatham Islands Territory, Wait... (from synonym Haliotis virginea morioria A. W. B. Powell, 1938)
To Museum of New Zealand Te Papa (M.154176; Haliotis virginea stewartae Jones & Owen, 2004; holotype) (from synonym Haliotis virginea stewartae M. Jones & R. S. Owen, 2004)
