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Silver paua

Haliotis australis Gmelin, 1791

Status not recordedsnails and slugs

The silver paua (Haliotis australis) is a species in the family Haliotidae, order Lepetellida.

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Quick facts about the silver paua

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the silver paua live?

Not recorded

Is the silver paua endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the silver paua classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumMollusca
  3. classGastropoda
  4. orderLepetellida
  5. familyHaliotidae
  6. genusHaliotis
  7. SpeciesHaliotis australis Gmelin, 1791

Synonyms Haliotis aleata, Haliotis costata, Haliotis plicata, Haliotis rugosoplicata

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Austral abaloneEnglish
  • Queen pauaEnglish
  • Silver abaloneEnglish
  • Yellow-foot abaloneEnglish
  • Yellow-foot pauaEnglish
  • Yellowfoot pauaEnglish
  • ušeň jižníCzech
  • Silberne AbaloneGerman
  • サザナミトコブシJapanese
  • HiwaMāori
  • Австралийский галиотисRussian
  • ušo južanskýSlovak
  • Silbernes MeerohrGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the silver paua

Other species in the same genus Haliotis.

Ormer

Haliotis tuberculata

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

Red abalone

Haliotis rufescens

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

Ass's ear

Haliotis asinina

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

Abalone

Haliotis pourtalesii

HaliotidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the silver paua?

The silver paua (Haliotis australis) belongs to the family Haliotidae in the order Lepetellida.

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Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Silver paua (Haliotis australis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-paua

MLA

“Silver paua (Haliotis australis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-paua.

BibTeX
@misc{silver_paua_2026,
  title = {Silver paua (Haliotis australis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-paua},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}