RECENT GENERA AND SPECIES OF THE FAMILY HALIOTIDAE RAFINESQUE, 1815 (GASTROPODA, VETIGASTROPODA)

A new assessment of all the Recent taxa of the family Haliotidae is pr esented. The 17 Recent and one fossil genus-level taxa are evaluated b ased on their type species. These taxa are recommended not to be used until a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis of the family is available . The approximately 200 nominate, species-level taxa in the Haliotidae are reviewed. Fifty-five species with ten additional subspecies are c onsidered valid. The following new synonymies are proposed: Haliotis b razieri Angas, 1869, + melculus (Iredale, 1927); H. hargravesi Cox, 18 69, + ethologus (Iredale, 1927); H. jacnensis Reeve, 1846, + hanleyi A ncey, 1881; H. marmorata Linnaeus, 1758, + guineensis Gmelin, 1791, rosacea Reeve, 1846; H. pustulata Reeve, 1846, + jousseaumi Mabille, 1 888; H. rubiginosa Reeve, 1846, + howensis (Iredale, 1929); H. rugosa Lamarck, 1822, + multiperforata Reeve, 1846, + revelata Deshayes, 1863 ; H. striata Linnaeus, 1758, + lamellosa Lamarck, 1822; H. tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758, + incisa Reeve, 1846, + japonica Reeve, 1846, + retic ulata Reeve, 1846; H. varia Linnaeus, 1758, + barbouri Foster, 1945, dringii Reeve, 1846, + gemma Reeve, 1846. Haliotis neglecta Philippi, 1848, is resurrected as a valid species from the Mediterranean. Lecto types for H. multiperforata Reeve, 1846, and H. revelata Deshayes, 186 3, are selected. For all taxa considered valid the geographic distribu tion and sources of published illustrations are given. Infrequently il lustrated species are figured.