Phasianella kochii Philippi in Krauss, 1848 (January): 104, pl. 6, fig. 4. Philippi, 1848 (February): 17. Bartsch, 1915: 144. Turton, 1932: 172, pl. 40, no. 1218. Moura, 1969: 17. Herbert & Warén, 1999: 224. Type loc.: ‘ in litore capensi ’ [on the shore of the Cape]; one syntype in NHM (NHMUK 1923.7.13.19), Salvador pers. comm. (iii/ 2015).
Phasianella kochi [sic]— Martens, 1874: 130, no. 104.
? Leptothyra subconica Turton, 1932: 178, pl. 42, no. 1257. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; type material probably in OXUM, but verification required.
Phasianella kochii viridis (non Anton, 1838) Turton, 1932: 172, no. 1219. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; five syntypes in OXUM (M002765).
Phasianella kochii maculata Turton, 1932: 172, pl. 40, no. 1220. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; five syntypes in OXUM (M002766).
Phasianella kochii nigra Turton, 1932: 172, no. 1221. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; five syntypes in OXUM (M002767).
Phasianella carinata Turton, 1932: 172, pl. 40, no. 1226. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in OXUM (M002772).
Phasianella fuscomaculata Turton, 1932: 173, pl. 40, no. 1228. Type loc.: Port Alfred, E. Cape; holotype in OXUM (M002774).
Phasianella kochii var. rietensis Turton, 1933: 371 [replacement name for Phasianella kochii viridis (non Anton, 1838) Turton, 1932].
Tricolia kochii —Kensley, 1973: 52, fig. 144. Richards, 1981: 38, pl. 11, fig. 84. Robertson, 1985: 23. Branch et al., 2010: 180, fig. 79.9. Nangammbi, 2010: 151, figs 2.52–2.55 (detailed chresonymy). Marais, 2011: 52. Nangammbi et al. in press.
Tricolia capensis (non Dunker, 1846)— Kilburn & Rippey, 1982: 42, pl. 9, figs 7 a. Steyn & Lussi, 1998: 28, fig. 93.
Not Phasianella kochi: Viader 1937: 54 [?= Phasianella solida Born, 1878].
Distribution. Southern Mozambique (Inhambane) to Cape Agulhas; intertidal and shallow subtidal. Notes. Records from the Mascarene Islands and Australia were based on misidentified material (Robertson 1985).