Hiloa variabilis (Pease, 1861)

Collonia variabilis Pease, 1861: 436, pl. 61, figs 10, 11. Kay, 1965: 61, pl. 7, figs 1, 2. Type loc.: Sandwich Islands [Hawaii]; lectotype in NHM (NHMUK 1963331), designated by Robertson (in Kay 1965: 61, pl. 7, figs 1, 2).

Phasianella variabilis — Viader, 1937: 54.

Hiloa variabilis — Cernohorsky, 1978: 42, text fig. 8. Nangammbi, 2010: 72, figs 2.9–2.11.

Tricolia (Hiloa) variabilis — Kay, 1979: 59, figs 7B, 16F, G, 17.

Tricolia variabilis — Robertson, 1985: 72, pls. 55–96 (detailed synonymy). Herbert, 1991c: 310, fig. 8. Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1993: 145, figs 13, 14. Wilson, 1993: 103. Bosch et al., 1995: 43, fig. 100. Jay, 2014.

Distribution. Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific; extending south to central Zululand (Leadsman Shoal); local material 5–100 m, but mostly <20 m (no data for living specimens).

Tricolia Risso, 1826 . Type species (s.d. Gray 1847): Turbo pullus Linnaeus, 1758 .