Trochus (Trochus) nigropunctatus Reeve, 1861

Trochus hanleyanus (non Reeve, 1862)— Krauss, 1848: 100.

Trochus nigropunctatus Reeve, 1861 in 1861 –62: pl. 13, sp. 71. Barnard, 1963a: 253, fig. 14b. Kilburn, 1970: 47 (in part, includes T. textilis Reeve, 1861). Kensley, 1973: 44, fig. 109. Richards, 1981: 36, pl. 9, fig. 70. Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 42, pl. 9, fig. 6. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 24, fig. 80. Branch et al., 2010: 176, fig. 77.1. Type loc.: Natal, restricted to Durban by Kilburn (1970); lectotype in NHM (NHMUK 1968622), designated by Herbert (1993: 290, figs 80–83).

Trochus (Trochus) nigropunctatus — Herbert, 1993: 284, figs 4, 80–89 (detailed synonymy and chresonymy).

Distribution. South-eastern Africa, from Mozambique (Bazaruto Archipelago) south to E. Cape (Dwesa and perhaps Port Alfred); intertidal.

Subgenus Infundibulops Pilsbry, 1889 . Type species (o.d.): Trochus erithreus Brocchi, 1821 .