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Family Triphoridae

HAWAII

Euthymella flammulata

He'eia, Oahu

FLAME TRIPHORID

Common under dead coral at any depth.  Conic-elongate, three spiral keels, upper & lower larger  & shelf-like, middle thread small, lower thread sometimes beaded, white with axially-oriented splashes of light brown.  Attains 15mm.  Hawaii & Mauritius to Samoa.  Formerly known as Viriola flammulata.