Haliotis alfredensis Bartsch, 1915

Haliotis pertusa (non Reeve, 1846)—G.B. Sowerby (III), 1900: 6. E.A. Smith, 1903a: 391.

Haliotis alfredensis Bartsch, 1915: 175, pl. 24, figs 7, 8. Tomlin, 1926: 296. Tomlin, 1927: 81. Owen, 2006b. Marais, 2011: 28. Geiger & Owen, 2012: 70, pl. 1 and fig. 31. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in USNM (250517).

Haliotis speciosa (non Reeve, 1846)— Talmadge, 1958: 278. Kennelly, 1964: 52. Kaicher, 1981: card 2870. Richards, 1981: 32, pl. 6, fig. 30. Abbott & Dance, 1982: 23. Jacks, 1983: 3, fig. 5. Muller, 1986. Cortie, 1998: 8, fig. H5. Geiger, 1998: figs 30, 31. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 8, fig. 5. Geiger, 2000: 72, figs 14, 159, 160. Geiger & Poppe, 2000: 85, pl. 15. Steyn & Lussi, 2005: 11, no. 8. Branch et al. 2010: 164, fig. 71.2.

Haliotis speciosum — Barnard, 1963a: 306. Kensley, 1973: 26, fig. 26.

Haliotis speciosa form alfredensis — Kaicher, 1981: card 2893 (holotype H. alfredensis).

Distribution. Pondoland (Mbotyi) to Port Alfred; living on subtidal reefs. Records from Cape Town and KwaZulu- Natal are dubious.

Notes. This South African species has long been known under the name H. speciosa Reeve, 1846 . However, that name is now considered referable to the Senegalese form of H. tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 (Owen 2006b) . The valid name for the South African material is H. alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 .