Haliotis alfredensis Bartsch, 1915

Herbert, David G., 2015, An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca), Zootaxa 4049 (1), pp. 1-98 : 14

Haliotis alfredensis Bartsch, 1915

Haliotis pertusa (non Reeve, 1846)—G.B. Sowerby (III), 1900: 6. E.A. Smith, 1903a: 391.

Haliotis alfredensis Bartsch, 1915: 175 , pl. 24, figs 7, 8. Tomlin, 1926: 296. Tomlin, 1927: 81. Owen, 2006b. Marais, 2011: 28. Geiger & Owen, 2012: 70, pl. 1 and fig. 31. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in USNM (250517).

Haliotis speciosa (non Reeve, 1846)— Talmadge, 1958: 278. Kennelly, 1964: 52. Kaicher, 1981: card 2870. Richards, 1981: 32, pl. 6, fig. 30. Abbott & Dance, 1982: 23. Jacks, 1983: 3, fig. 5. Muller, 1986. Cortie, 1998: 8, fig. H5. Geiger, 1998: figs 30, 31. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 8, fig. 5. Geiger, 2000: 72, figs 14, 159, 160. Geiger & Poppe, 2000: 85, pl. 15. Steyn & Lussi, 2005: 11, no. 8. Branch et al. 2010: 164, fig. 71.2.

Haliotis speciosum — Barnard, 1963a: 306. Kensley, 1973: 26, fig. 26.

Haliotis speciosa form alfredensis — Kaicher, 1981: card 2893 (holotype H. alfredensis ).

Distribution. Pondoland (Mbotyi) to Port Alfred; living on subtidal reefs. Records from Cape Town and KwaZulu- Natal are dubious.

Notes. This South African species has long been known under the name H. speciosa Reeve, 1846 . However, that name is now considered referable to the Senegalese form of H. tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 ( Owen 2006b) . The valid name for the South African material is H. alfredensis Bartsch, 1915 .