Hi All,

I was just about to re-write Dr. Lee's message below.
Glad I checked my e-mail before I did...Dan does
mention one of the species simply as "sp. nov.
Simone, in press" but he includes this in his list
of 55 species.  Add: Haliotis fatui Geiger, 1999 for
your 56th species.

Cheers,




Don

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> From: Harry G. Lee <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Abalones
> Date: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 2:29 AM
>
> Hello!
>
> I think the question relates to Haliotis sensu lato.  I think there is a
> pretty good answer.
>
> Dan Geiger (Geiger, D. L., 1998.  Recent genera and species of the family
> Haliotidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda). Nautilus 111(3):
> 85-116. May 26) listed 55 species with 10 additional subspecies.  His work
> is careful and thorough.  He treated several generic units but advised
> against their use at our present level of knowledge.  He illustrated
> several of the lesser-known species and indicated how to create a complete
> picture portfolio from the literature.
>
> He added one species, named in honor of our good friend, John Fatue,
> earlier this year. See <http://home.sprynet.com/~wfrank/johnfatu.htm> for
> details (and picture).
>
> Harry
>