Rubritrochus pulcherrimus (A. Adams, 1855)

Gibbula pulcherrima A. Adams, 1855: 39 . Standen & Leicester, 1906: 270. Jay, 2014. Type loc.: China Seas [Cuming], almost certainly erroneous; two syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 1968185), figured by Beck (1995: pl. 1, figs 1–4)

Trochus fanuloides P. Fischer, 1874: 373 . Type loc.: not given; lectotype in MNHN, designated by Beck (1995: pl. 2, figs 7–9). Gibbula fanuloides — Standen & Leicester, 1906: 270.

Rubritrochus pulcherrimus — Beck, 1995: 69, text fig. 2B, pl. 1, figs 1–8, pl. 2, figs 1–9, pl. 4, figs 2–6, pl. 5, figs 1–2 (detailed chresonymy). Bosch et al., 1995: 33, fig. 32.

Distribution. Indian Ocean, from the Andaman Islands and Persian Gulf, to the south-western region as far south as northern Zululand (off Gipsy Hill); 34–110 m (living 34–70 m).

Trochus Linnaeus, 1758 . Type species (s.d. Iredale 1912): Trochus maculatus Linnaeus, 1758 .