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Below the locality data for Haliotis mariae

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.

 

COMOROS: (BMNH no #, 2: doubtful).

TANZANIA: Zanzibar (BMNH 215,b, 1: doubtful).

OMAN : (DLG AAB 25d, 2 complete + 2 bodies). Muscat (LACM 45821, 3; AMNH 127217, 5). Qurm near Muscat (BMNH Smythe collection, 2). Dhofar province, near Sudh [= Sadh ?], Wadi Haart (LACM 111475, 3; BMNH no #, 7). Masira Isl. (BMNH 2258, 4; BMNH Smythe collection, 4). Taqah (BMNH Smythe collection,1). Near Ras el Hadd (BMNH no #, 2). Near Salalah, Rysut Power Station (BMNH 2375, 1). Saudi Arabia: Jedda (DMNH 120252, 9: doubtful). Aden (AMNH 104844, 6: doubtful).

LITERATURE, RANGE: Throughout Oman (Bosch & Bosch, 1981).