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Below the locality data for Haliotis laevigata

is shown. Entries in red are new ones not published in Geiger (2000), entries in green are from the Australian Museum Sydney. First the specimen records are given, sorted by country/larger area in a general North-South and East-West organization. Below the specimen and range data from the literature are given. All specimens from DLG collection now in SBMNH.
The notation the locality data is as follows: (Collection-Acronyms Collection-Number: number-of-specimens). The term "complete" indicates preserved animals.

 

VIC: Torquay (DMNH 127475, 1; DMNH 127654, 1). E of Geelong, Point Londsdale (NMBE 1478.95, 1). Phillip Isl. (DMNH 186161, 1). Westernport Bay, W Head, Phillip Isl. (LACM H-791, 2). San Remo near Melbourne (ANSP 98914, 7). Cambertwell (MNHN no #, 1). Portsea (LACM 45806, 1). Portland Bay (AMNH 105235, 2). Lakes Entrance (SBMNH 236, 5). Flinders (AMS C.404594, 0, 1: complete). Flinders (AMS C.073307, 1). Ocean Beach, Flinders (AMS C.111570, 1). Ocean Beach, Flinders (AMS C.403531, 1). Phillip Is, Westernport (AMS C.116765, 1). Portland (AMS C.059276, 1). Portsea, Port Phillip (AMS C.403005, 1). Torquay (AMS C.139234, 3). Western Port Bay, Flinders (AMS C.104216, 1). Queenscliff (BMSM 3287, 1).

SA: Yorke Peninsula, Stansbury (LACM 45813, 2; USNM 890100, 1). Yorke Peninsula, Sultana Bay (LACM 45815, 2). Yorke Peninsula, Wool Bay (LACM A.3664, 2; A.2777, 1). Normanville (AMNH 220198, 2). Kangaroo Isl. (ANSP 219617, 1). Ocean Beach, Flinders (AMNH 111935, 1). Edithburg, Hickey's Point (SBMNH 671, 2). Hardwicke Bay (LACM 45794, 1). Corny Point (AMNH 121847, 1). Tumby Bay (SBMNH no #, 1). Port Lincoln (SBMNH 241, 3; SBMNH 25536, 1). 25 miles S of Port Lincoln, Thorny Passage (AMNH 1666125, 1). Wallaroo (ANSP uncataloged, 1). Port Victoria (AMNH 100811, 5). Elliston (AMS C.403529, 1). Kangaroo Is, Hog Bay (AMS C.078648, 3). Kangaroo Is N coast, Stokes Bay (AMS C.111578, 1). Kangaroo Is, Penneshaw (AMS C.123946, 1). Kangaroo Is, S coast (AMS C.401934, 2). Port Lincoln (AMS C.139233, 2). Robe (AMS C.403321, 1). St. Vincents Gulf, Wool Bay, N of Point Giles (AMS C.403530, 1). Streaky Bay, S of town (AMS C.401928, 1). Tiparra Reef, off Pt Hughes (AMS C.088730, 3). Tiparra Reef, off Pt Hughes (AMS C.401929, 1). Yorke Peninsula (AMS C.104217, 1). Yorke Peninsula, Corny Point (AMS C.403532, 1).

TAS: (LACM 17619, 1; = Van Diemen's Land: BMNH 37.7.15.299, 1). Flinders (LACM 79-47, 1; BMNH 93.3.2.451, 1). NW TAS (LACM A.7759, 1). Montagu (AMNH 199047, 2). Stanley (BMNH 2341, 3). Bass Strait, Flinders Is, Trousers Point Beach, S side (AMS C.401930, 1). Bass Strait, King Island (AMS C.048988, 3). Near Burnie (AMS C.104218, 2). Ulverstone (AMS C.403528, 2). Ulverstone Leven (AMS C.017690, 1).

WA: E of Albany, Two Peoples Bay, near Pt. Valliant (LACM 87-96, 1). Albany (DMNH 012211, 3; LACM 127440, 1). Albany, Nanarup (AMNH 110345, 1). Near Albany, King George Sound, Frenchman Bay (LACM 87-97, 1). E of Albany, Cheyne Beach (BMNH 2237, 2). Swan River (BMNH no #, 2). Margaret River (LACM A.5787, 1). Geralton (LACM 116190, 2; ANSP uncataloged, 2). Port Augusta (AMNH 152476, 9). Augusta (AMNH 272138, 2; AMNH 220197, 1). Augusta, Ring Bolt Bay (AMNH 169587, 2). Esperance, Esperance Bay (SBMNH 242, 3). Denmark (AMS C.086084, 1). Esperance area (AMS C.401935, 2). Great Australian Bight, Mississippi Bay, W head (AMS C.092209, 6, 2: complete). King George Sound, Mistaken Rabbit Is (AMS C.048304, 1). Recherche Archipelago, Woody Is (AMS C.401927, 1). Sarge Bay, Cape Leeuwin (AMS C.403181, 1).

LITERATURE, LOCALITIES: King George Sound (Cotton & Godfrey, 1933). Murchison; Reevesby Isl. (Cotton, 1959). Sorrento; Queenscliff; VIC, Portsea (Macpherson & Gabriel, 1962). SA, West Isl.; Tiapara Reef (Shepherd & Hearn, 1983). SE Tip of Eyre Peninsula, Taylor Isl.; Owen Isl. (Shepherd et al., 1992a). SA, Sceale Bay; McLaren Point; Taylor Isl.; Yanerbie; Anxious Bay; Waterloo Bay (Shepherd et al., 1992b).

LITERATURE, RANGE: St. Francis Isl. - Glenelg (Cotton & Godfrey, 1933). Cape Naturaliste - TAS, Burnie (Shepherd, 1973). Cape Naturaliste - VIC, TAS (Wells & Bryce, 1985; Wilson, 1993). Cape Naturaliste - Esperance; Arno Bay - W of Head of Bight, S Coast Kangaroo Isl., SW Eyre Peninsula - Wallaroo (Mace, 1986). S WA - E Bass Strait (Ludbrook & Gowlett-Holmes, 1989).