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Below the locality data for Haliotis pourtalesii

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.

 

USA:
Texas, 185 km SSW of Galveston, West Flower Garden Bank (LACM 71-359.1, 2).
Florida, Petersburg (AMNH 100599, 1). Florida, Anna Maria Isl. (AMNH 244314, 3). Florida, Lee County, W Fort Myers (DMNH 103228, 2). Florida, Lee County, 90 miles W Fort Myers, 90 fms (AMNH 107598). Florida, SW of Egmont Key (420 m) (DMNH 103239, 2; AMNH 194257, 1; BMSM 2050, 1). Florida, Key Largo, 5.5 miles SE "marker B" at Elbow, 9-100 fms (AMNH 125538, 1). Florida, Sombrero Light (AMNH Edison A9853, 1). Florida, off Sand Key, S by E 85 fms, Eolis Station 338 (USNM 333715, 2). 25¼ 16' 55" N 83¼ 37' 47" W (USNM 833627, 1).
Louisiana, Trawled 5.2000, In 27û 58.202'N 91û 39.718' W out 27û 59.190' N 91û 39.813' W (EG 22126, 1 complete). Louisianam, 27û59.141'N 91û38.832'W, dredged in 91-65 m in rubble (BMSM, 2).
Alabama, Baldwin County, SSW of Gulf Shores, dredged from 99 meters depth, 29û 20.30'N 87û 46.05'W (AMRC, 4721, 2).

LITERATURE, LOCALITIES: Key Largo, 3 miles of Sand Key, approximately 90 fms (Foster, 1946). Florida, 6 miles E of Sombrero (Aguayo & Jaume, 1947). NE Yuctan Peninsula, 21¼ 21' N 86¼ 30' W (Harry, 1966). Cuba, Havana (Sarasua, 1968). 24¼ 57' N 83¼ 40' W (Guice, 1968). E of Mississippi Delta, 29¼ 20' N 87¼ 46' W (Jung, 1968). Off Suriname, 7¼ 35' N 56¼ 52' W (Nijssen-Meyer, 1969). Brazil, Off Maranhao; West Flower Garden Bank, 27¼ 52' N 83¼ 40' W; off SW Florida, 27¼ 47' N 83¼ 40' N; 28 Fathom Bank, 27¼ 53' N 93¼ 27' W; Little Sister Bank, 27¼ 52'N 94¼ 15' W; Sidner Bank, 27¼ 57' N 92¼ 22' W; Alderdice Bank, 28¼ 04' N 91¼ 59' W; Elvers Bank, 27¼ 50'N 92¼ 53' W; Rezak Bank, 27¼ 55' N 92¼ 23' W (Titgen & Bright, 1985). Venezuela, N State of Anzo‡tegui, S Isla Tortuga (Martinez & Ruiz, 1994).

LITERATURE, RANGE: Off Lower Florida Keys (Abbott, 1954). SE United States - Brazil (Abbott & Dance, 1983).