{{Short description|Species of gastropod}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}} {{Speciesbox | taxon =Haliotis virginea | image = Haliotis virginea shell.jpg | image_caption = External view of a shell of ''Haliotis virginea'' | authority = Gmelin, 1791 | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 18 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Evans, H.J.N. |author2=Peters, H. |date=2021 |title=''Haliotis virginea'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T78772279A78772643 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T78772279A78772643.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Haliotis marmorata'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> * ''Haliotis (Haliotis) gibba'' <small>Philippi, R.A., 1846</small> * ''Haliotis (Haliotis) marmorata'' <small>Reeve, L.A., 1846</small> (junior homonym) * ''Haliotis (Haliotis) subvirginea'' <small>Weinkauff, H.C., 1883</small> * ''Haliotis virginea virginea'' <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> · accepted, alternate representation * ''Haliotis (Paua) virginea'' <small>Gmelin, 1791</small> }}
'''''Haliotis virginea''''', '''Virgin pāua''', is a species of edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Haliotidae, the abalone.<ref name="WoRMS">Rosenberg, G. (2012). Haliotis virginea Gmelin, 1791. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=390555 on 2013-02-06</ref>
==Description== The size of the shell varies between 30 mm and 75 mm.
==Subspecies== * ''Haliotis virginea crispata'' <small>Gould, 1847</small> * ''Haliotis virginea huttoni'' <small>Filhol, 1880</small> * ''Haliotis virginea morioria'' <small>Powell, 1938</small> * ''Haliotis virginea stewartae'' <small>Jones & Owen, 2004</small> DNA extracted from ''H. virginae'' shells in museums showed three main population divisions, inhabiting the Three Kings Islands; the Chatham, Auckland, and Antipodes Islands; and mainland New Zealand (as well as Campbell Island). These three clades do not correspond to the subspecies recognised above.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Walton |first1=Kerry |last2=Scarsbrook |first2=Lachie |last3=Mitchell |first3=Kieren J. |last4=Verry |first4=Alexander J. F. |last5=Marshall |first5=Bruce A. |last6=Rawlence |first6=Nicolas J. |last7=Spencer |first7=Hamish G. |date=2023 |title=Application of palaeogenetic techniques to historic mollusc shells reveals phylogeographic structure in a New Zealand abalone |journal=Molecular Ecology Resources |language=en |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=118–130 |doi=10.1111/1755-0998.13696 |issn=1755-098X |pmc=10087340 |pmid=35951485}}</ref>left|thumb|External view of a shell left|thumb|Internal view of a shell
==Distribution== This marine species is endemic to New Zealand.
== Human use == {{main|Pāua}} ''Haliotis virginea'' and three other ''Haliotis'' species are known as "pāua" in New Zealand and are a restricted food source.
== References == {{Reflist}} * Geiger D.L. & Poppe G.T. (2000). ''A Conchological Iconography: The family Haliotidae''. Conchbooks, Hackenheim Germany. 135pp 83pls. * Geiger D.L. & Owen B. (2012) ''Abalone: Worldwide Haliotidae''. Hackenheim: Conchbooks. viii + 361 pp. * [http://www.ofseaandshore.com/news/buzz/26-2.pdf Jones M. & Owen B. 2004. ''Description of Haliotis virginea stewartae new subspecies (Gastropoda) from subantarctic islands of New Zealand.'' Of Sea & Shore, 26(2): 81-85]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
== External links == {{Commons category-inline|Haliotis virginea}} * [http://www.vetigastropoda.com/ABMAP/virginea.html photos] * {{Gastropods.com|key=4|id=2304|title=''Haliotis (Paua) virginea virginea''|access-date=16 January 2019}}
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virginea Category:Molluscs of the Pacific Ocean Category:Gastropods of New Zealand Category:Endemic fauna of New Zealand Category:Gastropods described in 1791 Category:Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin Category:Endemic molluscs of New Zealand
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