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 39355 10.11646/zootaxa.4049.1.1 13ce6790-fb60-4602-b68b-6d06c9f011e9 1175-5326 245367 A8BD434E-9A7C-40A5-BDDE-D45356517FF3 FAMILY: HALIOTIDAE Rafinesque, 1815 Haliotis Linnaeus, 1758 . Type species (s.d. Montfort 1810 ): Haliotis asinina Linnaeus, 1758 . Following Geiger & Owen (2012) I have not assigned the South African Haliotis species to subgenera, due to the lack of a robust phylogenetic framework upon which to base subdivision of the genus. Surprisingly, given the morphological diversity evident, the five species comprising the largely endemic South African radiation cluster as a monophyletic lineage in molecular analyses (Bester-van der Merwe et al . 2012 ). If further research with a broader sampling of taxa confirms this, then two names are available for this group, Padollus Montfort, 1910 [ type species (o.d.): Padollus rubicundus Montfort, 1810 ( non Röding, 1798 ) = Haliotis parva ] and Euhaliotis Wenz, 1938 [ type species (o.d.): Haliotis midae ]. Since Padollus is the older name, it has priority over Euhaliotis . H. pustulata may be referable to Sulculus H. Adams & A. Adams, 1854 , whereas the affinity of H. unilateralis is uncertain.