An annotated catalogue and bibliography of the taxonomy, synonymy and distribution of the Recent Vetigastropoda of South Africa (Mollusca) Author Herbert, David G. text Zootaxa 2015 4049 1 1 98 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 13ce6790-fb60-4602-b68b-6d06c9f011e9 1175-5326 245367 A8BD434E-9A7C-40A5-BDDE-D45356517FF3 Haliotis rugosa pustulata Reeve, 1846 Haliotis pustulata Reeve, 1846 : pl. 15 , sp. 52 . G.B. Sowerby (II), 1882 : 28 , pl. 440 a, fig. 112 . Lamy, 1909 : 333 . Kilburn, 1972 : 391 . Talmadge, 1974 : 412 . Kaicher, 1981 : card 2842 . Jacks, 1983 : fig. 4 . Muller, 1986 . Cortie, 1998 : 9 , fig. H 6 . Geiger, 2000 : 73 , figs 14, 17–20 . Geiger & Poppe, 2000 : 73 , pl. 17 . Pickery & Verbinnen, 2004 : 20 , figs 1–21 . Steyn & Lussi, 2005 : 10 , no. 6 . Geiger & Owen, 2012 : 113 , pl. 50 (further references). Type loc.: unknown; holotype in NHM ( NHMUK 1950.3.16.64). Haliotis bistriata ( non Gmelin, 1791 = H. tuberculata Linnaeus, 1758 )— Barnard, 1963 a : 307 . Haliotis ( Sulculus ) pustulata — Kilburn, 1972 : 391 . Haliotis rugosa pustulata — Owen, 2013 : 189 , figs 3.4– 6 , 3.14. Distribution. East Africa, from the Red Sea and Yemen south to central KwaZulu-Natal (Shaka’s Rock) and Madagascar ( Owen 2013 ); living shallow subtidal and near-shore reefs. Introduced to the Mediterranean. Notes. Although long considered a distinct species, the latest opinion ( Owen 2013 ) is that pustulata should be considered the continental subspecies of the Mascarene H. rugosa . The similarity and possible synonymy of the two taxa was earlier noted by Herbert ( 1990 a) .