Biologists have discovered a new species of paua mollusk (also known as abalone) off New Zealand ... small pāua from the North Island but the shell has finer sculpture across its back and ...

such as abalone and paua (New Zealand abalone), conchs, freshwater mussels, pen shells, and whelks. More interesting, perhaps ...

PhD candidate Kerry Walton holds shells from each of the three paua/abalone species from mainland New Zealand. The smallest of the shells, an adult Haliotis virginea (virgin paua), was the focus ...