. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 26. Haliotis midae Linn., views from apertural side, apical end, and columella side: normal, low form, high form {elatior), and two freak individuals. All approximately 150 X 130 mm. Periphery never sharply marked, and after about 40 mm. diam. the profile between the foramina and the columellar plate is evenly rounded; in large shells it may be concave, with the columellar plate projecting like a flange. Up to 188 maj. x 177 min. diam., alt. at apex 72 mm.; also 181 maj. X J52 X 53 mm.; also 175
. Annals of the South African Museum = Annale van die Suid-Afrikaanse Museum. Natural history. Fig. 26. Haliotis midae Linn., views from apertural side, apical end, and columella side: normal, low form, high form {elatior), and two freak individuals. All approximately 150 X 130 mm. Periphery never sharply marked, and after about 40 mm. diam. the profile between the foramina and the columellar plate is evenly rounded; in large shells it may be concave, with the columellar plate projecting like a flange. Up to 188 maj. x 177 min. diam., alt. at apex 72 mm.; also 181 maj. X J52 X 53 mm.; also 175 X 156 X 58 mm. (f. elatior), and 170 X 140 X 45 mm. Krauss gave 7jx6^X2| inches. Young shells brown, rusty-red, or maroon, the lirae (at least in very young) paler than the interstices. Protoconch and most of 1st whorl pale. Radula with c. 60 rows in a shell 25 mm. long, central plate broader than long, laterally indented, with strong but entire cutting-edge, 1st lateral plate wider than central plate, with entire cutting-edge, 2nd lateral longer than wide, 3rd~5th laterals stout, with strong uncinate cusp, the 3rd plate the largest, marginal plates numerous, with uncinate serrate apices, inner ones not. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original South African Museum. Cape Town : The Museum
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