Ethalia carneolata Melvill, 1897

Ethalia carneolata Melvill, 1897: 19, pl. 7, figs 24, 26. Herbert, 1992a: 396 (synonymy and chresonymy), figs 3, 4a, b, 9–22, map 2. Bosch et al., 1995: 35, fig. 42. Type loc.: ‘Bass Island’ [somewhere in the Persian Gulf/Arabian Sea/Gulf of Oman], 10 fathoms [18.3 m]; syntype in NHM (NHMUK 1897.7.30.107), figured by Herbert (1992a: figs 9–11). Ethalia striolata (non A. Adams, 1855)— Kilburn, 1977: 176.

Distribution. Western Indian Ocean, from the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea south to Madagascar, the Mascarene Islands and northern Zululand (off Gipsy Hill); beach-drift to 72 m (living 6–58 m).