Location: Four Mile Creek (Maria Island, TAS)

Habitat: Reef, 5 m

Location: Mercury Passage (East Coast, TAS)

Habitat: Reef, 5 m

Location: Mercury Passage (East Coast, TAS)

Habitat: Reef, 5 m

Location: Ile du Nord (Maria Island, TAS)

Habitat: Reef, underneath boulder, 5 m

Notes: Animal in photo above is a juvenile

Location: Ile du Nord (Maria Island, TAS)

Habitat: Reef, underneath boulder, 5 m

Notes: Very young animal

Location: Mercury Passage (East Coast, TAS)

Habitat: Reef, 5 m

Haliotis rubra
Black lip abalone

 

Phylum: Mollusca

Class: Gastropoda

Subclass: Orthogastropoda

Order: Vetigastropoda

Family: Haliotidae

Genus: Haliotis

Subgenus: Notohaliotis

Species: rubra

 

Similar species:
Haliotis laevigata