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Below the locality data for Haliotis rubiginosa

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.

 

NSW, Lord Howe Isl.: (BMNH 81.2.20.19-22, 4; USNM 851408, 2). NSW, Lord Howe Isl., Middle Beach (USNM 7914422, 6). Neds Beach (AMS C.328700, 1: complete; AMS C.328698, 1: complete; AMS C.352383, 0, 1: complete; AMS C.300145, 1). Neds Beach, E end (AMS C.352389, 1). Lagoon (AMS C.300185, 1). Lord Howe Rise (AMS C.328699, 0, 1: complete). Middle Beach (AMS C.116087, 1; AMS C.140721, 2). Middle Beach, N end (AMS C.352384, 2). Neds Beach . North Passage (AMS C.349198, 1). Off NE side (AMS C.352388, 2).

QLD., North-West Isl., Capricorn Group (MNHN no #, 1).

KIRIBATI, Gilbert Ids, Kingsmill Ids (AMS C.402334, 1).

TASMAN SEA: Middleton Reef, S side (AMS C.352387, 1).

VANUATU: Malekula Malekoula Is, South West Bay (AMS C.404673, 0, 1: complete).

TONGA: Nive (=Niue) (USNM 360748, 1).

LITERATUR, RANGE: Lord Howe Isl. (Talmadge, 1963; Hinton, 1978: as howensis). E Australia, Lord Howe Isl. (Abbott & Dance, 1983: as howensis).