Rhabdonia dura Zanardini, 1858: 278, pl. XI: fig. 1 (syntype localities: Hodeida and Mokha, Yemen).—Hauck, 1888 [1886–1889]: 89.
Solieria dura (Zanardini) Schmitz, 1895a: 139.—Schmitz, 1895b: 27.— Gerloff, 1957: 767.— Sacco, 1965: 551.— Lawson, 1980: 60.— Aleem, 1984: 925.— Ormond & Banaimoon, 1994: 118.— Perrone & Cecere, 1994: 99.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Aldabra Islands, India, Somalia, Tanzania, Yemen.