Haliotis midae Linnaeus 1758
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Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758
Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758: 779, no. 647. Linnaeus, 1767: 1255, no. 740. Krauss, 1848: 93. Martens, 1874: 128, no. 93. Pilsbry, 1890: 112, pl. 8, figs 43, 44. G.B. Sowerby (III), 1892: 46. Odhner, 1923: 5. Barnard, 1963a: 302, figs 25a–c, 26. Kennelly, 1964: 51, pl. 2, fig. 5. Day, 1969: 152. Kensley, 1973: 26, fig. 22. Kaicher, 1981: card 2846. Richards, 1981: 32, pl. 6, fig. 33. Abbott & Dance, 1982: 21. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 34, pl. 5, fig. 2. Jacks, 1983: 3. Muller, 1986. Cortie, 1998: 9, fig. H7. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 8, fig. 2. Geiger, 2000: 70, figs 14, 142–145, 148. Geiger & Poppe, 2000: 67, pls. 9, 10. Steyn & Lussi, 2005: 9, no. 3. Owen, 2007b. Branch et al., 2010: 164, fig. 71.5. Marais, 2011: 27. Geiger & Owen, 2012: 104, pl. 40 and fig. 60 (further references). Type loc.: not originally given [Geiger & Poppe (2000) and Geiger & Owen (2012) stated that the type locality was ‘Indian Ocean and Cape of Good Hope’, by original designation, but no locality was given in either Linnaeus 1758 or 1767]; lectotype in LSL (575), designated by Geiger & Poppe (2000: 67).
Haliotis capensis Dunker in Philippi, 1844 in 1842–1845: 120, pl. 1, figs 4, 5. Pilsbry, 1890: 114, pl. 50, figs 6–8. Type loc.: ‘ Caput Bonae Spei ’ [Cape of Good Hope]; type material perhaps in ZMB.
Haliotis midae var. elatior Pilsbry, 1890: 113, pl. 21, figs 17–21. Kaicher, 1981: card 2847 (syntypes). Type loc.: not given; two syntypes in ANSP.
Distribution. Western Transkei (Dwesa) to Saldanha Bay; shallow subtidal, rarely deeper than 10 m. Introduced to the Namibian coast (Luderitz area), but wild populations evidently not established.
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Biodiversity
- Family
- Haliotidae
- Genus
- Haliotis
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Lepetellida
- Phylum
- Mollusca
- Scientific name authorship
- Linnaeus
- Species
- midae
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758 sec. Herbert, 2015
References
- Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae. Vol. 1. 10 th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 824 pp.
- Linnaeus, C. (1767) Systema naturae. Vol. 1 (2). 12 th Edition. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 796 pp. (pp. 533 - 1328), index and appendix.
- Krauss, F. (1848) Die sudafrikanischen Mollusken. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss des Kap- und Natallandes und zur geographischen Verbreitung derselben, mit Beschreibung und Abbildung der neuen Arten. Ebner & Seubert, Stuttgart, ii + 140 pp., 6 pls.
- Martens, E. von (1874) Ueber einige sudafrikanische Mollusken. Nach der Sammlung von Dr G. Fritsch. Jahrbucher der Deutschen Malakozoologischen Gesellschaft, 1, 119 - 146.
- Pilsbry, H. A. (1890 - 1891) Stomatellidae, Scissurellidae, Pleurotomariidae, Haliotidae, Scutellinidae, Addisoniidae, Cocculinidae, Fissurellidae. In: Tryon, G. W. (Ed.), Manual of Conchology, Series 1, 12, pp. 1 - 323, pls. 1 - 64. [Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, pp. 1 - 192, pls. 1 - 45, 1890; pp. 193 - 323, pls. 46 - 64, 1891.]
- Odhner, N. H. (1923) Contribution to the marine molluscan faunas of South and West Africa. Meddelanden fran Goteborgs Musei Zoologiska Avdelning, 23, 3 - 39.
- Barnard, K. H. (1963 a) Contributions to the knowledge of South African marine Mollusca. Part IV. Gastropoda: Prosobranchiata: Rhipidoglossa, Docoglossa. Tectibranchiata. Polyplacophora. Solenogastres. Scaphopoda. Annals of the South African Museum, 47, 201 - 360.
- Kennelly, D. H. (1964) Marine Shells of Southern Africa. First edition. Nelson, Johannesburg, 92 pp., 30 pls.
- Day, J. H. (1969) A Guide to Marine Life on South African Shores. Balkema, Cape Town, 300 pp.
- Kaicher, S. D. (1981) Card catalogue of world-wide shells. Pack No. 28. Haliotis. S. D. Kaicher, St Petersburg, Florida, 106 pp. [cards [i - ii], 2816 - 2921]
- Richards, D. (1981) South African Shells - a Collector's Guide. Struik, Cape Town, 98 pp., 60 pls.
- Abbott, R. T. & Dance, S. P. (1982) Compendium of Seashells. E. P. Dutton, New York, x + 411 pp.
- Kilburn, R. N. & Rippey, E. (1982) Sea Shells of Southern Africa. Macmillan, Johannesburg, 249 pp., 46 pls.
- Jacks, J. (1983) Haliotidae of South Africa. Strandloper, 211, 1 - 6.
- Muller, S. (1986) Taxonomy of the genus Haliotis in South Africa. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, 46, 69 - 77. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1080 / 00359198609520107
- Cortie, M. (1998) South African Haliotidae. Strandloper, 254, 7 - 9.
- Geiger, D. L. & Poppe, G. T. (2000) Haliotidae. In: Poppe, G. T. & Groh, K. (Dir.), A Conchological Iconography. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, pp. 1 - 135, pls. 1 - 82.
- Steyn, D. G. & Lussi, M. (2005) Offshore Shells of Southern Africa: a pictorial guide to more than 750 Gastropods. Steyn (Published by the authors), Menlyn, S. A., vi + 289 pp.
- Owen, B. (2007 b) A new world record specimen of Haliotis midae Linnaeus, 1758, is discovered. Of Sea and Shore, 27, 227 - 235, 237.
- Branch, G. M., Griffiths, C. L., Branch, M. L. & Beckley, L. E. (2010) Two Oceans. A Guide to the Marine Life of Southern Africa. Revised Edition. David Philip, Cape Town, 456 pp.
- Marais, A. (2011) Field Guide to South African Seashells: Cape Region. Centre for Molluscan Studies, Groenkloof, 104 pp.
- Geiger, D. L. & Owen, B. (2012) Abalone: World-wide Haliotidae. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, viii + 361 pp.