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Below the locality data for Haliotis speciosa

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.

 

SENEGAL: Goree (ANSP 50187, 2: doubtful, not mapped).

SOUTH AFRICA: Table Bay (DMNH 009591, 4). East London (BMSM 2088, 1). East London, Gonubie (LACM 29624, 1; AMNH Edison A9853, 1). Jeffreys Bay (AMNH 220128, 1). Port Alfred. (ANSP 193234, 1). Algoa Bay (NMW, 2). Pondoland (NMW, 1; DMNH 12316, 1). East London (AMS C.125046, 3). Transkei, Coffee Bay (AMS C.128873, 4). Transkei, Port Saint Johns (AMS C.402352, 3).

LITERATURE, LOCALITIES: East London; Kowie (= Port Alfred) (Jacks, 1983).

LITERATURE, RANGE: Port Alfred - Natal (Talmadge, 1958). Pondoland - Kowie - Port Alfred; Natal (Barnard, 1963). Gonubie - Natal (Richards, 1987). Port Alfred - Natal (Jacks, 1983). Port Alfred - W Transkei (Muller, 1984).