Nicella pustulosa Thomson & Simpson, 1909: 267–268, pl. 5, fig. 6; pl. 8, fig. 11 (Laccadives; Andamans).
Opinion: This species does occur in the region but its true identity is unknown.
Justification:
Literature analysis: Kükenthal (1924) synonymised this species, using a question mark, with Phenilia sanguinolenta Gray, 1859, but the redescription of that species given by Bayer & Grasshoff (1994: 39) clearly shows that it is very different from Nicella pustulosa. It is more likely that the species belongs in the genus Verrucella, but some of the sclerites illustrated by Thomson & Simpson are quite unusual, so the actual genus represented by Thomson and Simpsons’ material remains unknown. Rao & Devi (2003) just list the species.