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Below the locality data for Haliotis spadicea

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.

 

SOUTH AFRICA: Robben Isl. (MNHN no #, 2). Table Bay (DMNH 136950, 2). Cape Town (LACM 45798, 1; ANSP 62750, 1). W Cape Town, near Dehoop Nature Reserve, off Witsands (AMNH 220030, 2). False Bay (LACM 105825, 2; AMNH 141073, 2). False Bay, Saint James (LACM A.2777a, 3). False Bay, Muizenberg (USNM, 603229, 26; USNM 67738, 3). Strand (LACM 22197,1; LACM 45852, 3). Kleinmond (DMNH 012314, 1). Miller Point (AMNH 186881, 3). Simonstown (AMNH 141083, 1; AMNH 87539, 1). Simon's Bay, E Cape Peninsula (ANSP 211513, 3; BMNH 59.11.30.13, 1). Mossel Beach (LACM 34261, 2; LACM A.2777, 2). Mossle River, Hermanus (BMSM 2080, 1). Cape of Good Hope (LACM 59339, 2; LACM 65-112, 1). Cape L'Algulhas (ANSP 211517, 2; BMNH 1926.10.4.1-3, 3). Plettenberg Bay (BMNH no #, 1; ANSP 189719, 1). Cape Province, Storm River Mouth (BMNH 2341, 6). Jeffreys Bay (LACM A.8589, 2; DMNH 111610, 2). Port Elisabeth (LACM A.5678, 1). Knysa, Port Elisabeth (MNHN no #, >50). Algoa Bay (DMNH 049714, 3; ANSP uncataloged, 2). East Cape, Kenton-on-Sea [50 km S of Port Alfred] (LACM 11715, 2; LACM 11689, 1). Port Alfred (LACM 45905, 1; LACM 45914, 2). Port Alfred, near Grahamstown (USNM 186885, 1). East London (LACM 10728, 1; AMNH 96645, 8). East London, Glen Eden (LACM 10706, 2). East Cape, Cintza Reef (AMNH 232366, 4). Gonubie (AMNH 221705, 1). Morgans Bay, E Coast (AMNH 200604, 4). Haga Haga (AMNH 182066, 1; AMNH 272153, 2). Kei Mouth (DMNH 101372, 2). Transkei, Coffee Bay (AMNH 272512, 1). Transkei, Coffee Bay, 1 mile S Urntata River (ANSP 211523, 1; ANSP 211520, 1). Umgazi River (ANSP 211519, 1). Port Shepstone (LACM A.2777b, 1). Bushmans River (= Tugela, at Newark) (DMNH 131510, 3; USNM 622255, 6). Capetown, Three Anchor Bay Drieankerbaai (AMS C.045270, 2). East Cape, Jeffreys Bay (AMS C.116760, 5; AMS C.078136, 1). East Cape, Kenton-on-Sea (AMS C.127235, 20; AMS C.092801, 2; AMS C.127755, 20; AMS C.404207, 0, 14: complete). East Cape, Port Alfred (AMS C.404645, 0, 1: complete; AMS C.073300, 3; AMS C.080605, 1). East London (AMS C.402313, 1). False Bay (AMS C.116634, 3; AMS C.403178, 1). Flat Rocks, Algoa Bay (AMS C.128083, 20). Hamburg, between Port Alfred & East London, Cape Province (AMS C.403185, 1). Mossel Bay (AMS C.078556, 4; AMS C.403182, 1; AMS C.403186, 5). Natal, Chakas Rock (AMS C.402299, 1). NATAL: Port Edward (AMS C.128945, 3). Port Elizabeth, Shelly Beach (AMS C.086637, 4). Transkei, Coffee Bay (AMS C.109449, 1; AMS C.402293, 6; AMS C.402297, 2; AMS C.109455, 1; AMS C.402300, 17). TRANSKEI: Xora (AMS C.403184, 1).

LITERTURE, RANGE: Table Bay - Port Alfred, Durban; Tongaat, Natal (Barnard, 1963). False Bay - Natal (Richards, 1987). Table Bay - Natal (Abbott & Dance, 1983). Table Bay; False Bay - Durban and Tongaat, Natal (Jacks, 1983). Cape Peninsula, Partridge Point - N Natal, Tongaat (Muller, 1986).