Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758

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Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758

Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758: 779 , no. 647. Linnaeus, 1767: 1255, no. 740. Krauss, 1848: 93. Martens, 1874: 128, no. 93. Pilsbry, 1890: 112, pl. 8, figs 43, 44. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 46. Odhner, 1923: 5. Barnard, 1963a: 302, figs 25a–c, 26. Kennelly, 1964: 51, pl. 2, fig. 5. Day, 1969: 152. Kensley, 1973: 26, fig. 22. Kaicher, 1981: card 2846. Richards, 1981: 32, pl. 6, fig. 33. Abbott & Dance, 1982: 21. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 34, pl. 5, fig. 2. Jacks, 1983: 3. Muller, 1986. Cortie, 1998: 9, fig. H7. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 8, fig. 2. Geiger, 2000: 70, figs 14, 142–145, 148. Geiger & Poppe, 2000: 67, pls. 9, 10. Steyn & Lussi, 2005: 9, no. 3. Owen, 2007b. Branch et al., 2010: 164, fig. 71.5. Marais, 2011: 27. Geiger & Owen, 2012: 104, pl. 40 and fig. 60 (further references). Type loc.: not originally given [ Geiger & Poppe (2000) and Geiger & Owen (2012) stated that the type locality was ‘Indian Ocean and Cape of Good Hope’, by original designation, but no locality was given in either Linnaeus 1758 or 1767]; lectotype in LSL (575), designated by Geiger & Poppe (2000: 67).

Haliotis capensis Dunker in Philippi, 1844 in 1842–1845: 120, pl. 1, figs 4, 5. Pilsbry, 1890: 114, pl. 50, figs 6–8. Type loc.: ‘ Caput Bonae Spei ’ [Cape of Good Hope]; type material perhaps in ZMB.

Haliotis midae var. elatior Pilsbry, 1890: 113 , pl. 21, figs 17–21. Kaicher, 1981: card 2847 (syntypes). Type loc.: not given; two syntypes in ANSP.

Distribution. Western Transkei (Dwesa) to Saldanha Bay; shallow subtidal, rarely deeper than 10 m. Introduced to the Namibian coast (Luderitz area), but wild populations evidently not established.