Conferva granulosa J.E. Smith, 1811 [1790–1814]: pl. 2351 (syntype localities: Brighthelmston and Shoreham, Sussex, England).
Hincksia granulosa (J.E. Smith) P. Silva in P. Silva, Meñez, & Moe, 1987: 130.—M. Begum & Khatoon, 1988: 292, 303, 304.— M. Begum & Khatoon, 1992a: 242–243, fig. 2.— Shameel & J. Tanaka, 1992: 35.
INDIAN OCEAN DISTRIBUTION: Pakistan.