Phasianella solida (Born, 1778)

Helix solida Born, 1778: 408 . Born, 1780: pl. 13, figs 18, 19. Type loc.: no locality given; syntypes in NHMW (14338), figured by Nangammbi (2010: 83, fig. 2.12).

Phasianella variegata (non de Roissy, 1805) Lamarck, 1822b: 53. Pilsbry, 1888: 179, pl. 39, figs 97, 98. Viader, 1937: 54. Cernohorsky, 1978: 40, pl. 10, fig. 8. Drivas & Jay, 1988: 36, pl. 3, fig. 9. Wilson, 1993: 102, pl. 11, fig. 4a–e. Type loc.: ‘les mers de la Nouvelle-Hollande’ [the seas of Australia]; type material perhaps in MHNG [not discussed by Mermod].

Phasianella rubens Lamarck, 1822b: 53 . Type loc.: ‘les mers de la Nouvelle-Hollande’ [the seas of Australia]; type material perhaps in MHNG [not discussed by Mermod].

Tricolia brongnartii [sic] Audouin, 1826: 41. Bouchet & Danrigal, 1982: 12, fig. 26. Type loc.: Suez; holotype in MNHN, figured by Bouchet & Danrigal (1982: fig. 26).

Tricolia guerini Audouin, 1826: 41 . Bouchet & Danrigal, 1982: 13. Type loc.: Suez; type material lost.

Turbo (Phasianella) lineolatus Wood, 1828: 19, 48, pl. 6, fig. 26. Type loc.: Isle of France [Mauritius]; four syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 1963302, one specimen; 19633303, three specimens; the single specimen was annotated to be the lectotype by Robertson in 1962, but the designation was never published), Salvador pers. comm. (iii/2015).

Phasianella aethiopica Philippi, 1853: 7, pl. 3, figs 3, 4. Reeve, 1862: 13, pl. 12a–c. Martens, 1880: 292. Pilsbry, 1888: 166: pl. 38, figs 53, 54, pl. 39, fig. 94. Viader, 1937: 54. Jarrett, 2000: 9, fig. 28. Jay, 2014. Type loc.: ‘Ostküste Afrikas, Zanzibar etc.’ [east coast of Africa, Zanzibar etc.]; type material perhaps in ZMB or MNHNC.

Phasianella grata Philippi, 1853: 9, pl. 3, fig. 8. Viader, 1937: 54. Type loc.: ‘Madagaskar’; type material perhaps in ZMB or MNHNC.

Phasianella jaspidea Reeve, 1862: pl. 4, sp. 11. Martens, 1879: 735. Barnard, 1963a: 206, fig. 3a. Kensley, 1973: 52, fig. 141. Type loc.: Zanzibar; three syntypes in NHM (NHMUK 163319).

Phasianella (Orthomesus) variegata — Pilsbry, 1888: 179, pl. 39, figs 97, 98.

Phasianella zigzag Odhner, 1919: 31, pl. 2, fig. 25. Robertson, 1985: 25. Type loc.: Fénérive [Fenoarivo, east coast of Madagascar]; two syntypes in alcohol in SMNH (1071).

Phasianella (Tricolia) zigzag — Dautzenberg, 1929: 528.

Phasianella brougniarti [sic]— Viader, 1937: 54.

Phasianella solida — Viader, 1937: 54. Drivas & Jay, 1988: 36, pl. 3, fig. 8. Moolenbeek & Dekker, 1993: 147, fig. 19. Wilson, 1993: 102, pl. 11, fig. 3a, b. Bosch et al., 1995: 42, fig. 979. Rusmore-Villaume, 2008: 28. Zuschin et al., 2009: 109, pl. 17, figs 1–5. Nangammbi, 2010: 79, figs 2.12–2.15. Robertson, 2010. Jay, 2014.

Tricolia brongniartii — Robertson, 1985: 20.

Phasianella solida solida — Deuss et al., 2013: 140, fig. c.

Distribution. Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific; extending south to central Zululand (Leven Point); living low intertidal and near-shore reefs to 50 m.

Notes. The synonymy of this species is probably far more extensive than indicated above. Robertson (2010) considered Phasianella solida to be the earliest name for a geographically variable complex of nominal taxa occurring over much of the Indo-West Pacific and provided a listing of potential synonyms. The names listed above focus on those described or recorded from the western Indian Ocean.