Gibbula holdsworthana G. Nevill & H. Nevill, 1871 accepted as Conotalopia musiva (A. Gould, 1861) (subsequent type designation)
Gibbula pantanellii Caramagna, 1888 accepted as Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873 accepted as Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) (additional source)
Minolia (Conotrochus) eutyches Melvill, 1918 accepted as Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) (source of synonymy)
Minolia (Conotrochus) eutyches Melvill, 1918 accepted as Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) (subsequent type designation)
Minolia eutyches Melvill, 1918 accepted as Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) (source of synonymy)
Minolia variabilis H. Adams, 1873 accepted as Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) (additional source)
Pagodatrochus D. G. Herbert, 1989 (original description)
Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) (new combination reference)
Trochus (Gibbula) mariei Fischer, 1886 accepted as Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873) (source of synonymy)
Vanitrochus tragema (Melvill & Standen, 1896) (additional source)

Mascareignes Archipelago for Pagodatrochus variabilis (H. Adams, 1873)  (origin: native - non-endemic)