Cottoniella fusiformis Børgesen, 1930a: 144–152, figs. 58, 59 (type locality: Playa de Santa Catalina, Islas Canarias).—Børgesen, 1931: 20.— Børgesen, 1934b: 45.— P. Anand, 1943b: 41.— Salim, 1965: 193.— S. Dixit, 1966: 19.— Shameel & Afaq Hussain, 1987: 298.— Shameel, Afaq-Husain, & Shahid-Husain, 1989: 180.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 52.
Cottoniella filamentosa (Howe) Børgesen var. fusiformis (Børgesen) Cormaci & Furnari, 1987: 756.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan.