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Family Triphoridae
HAWAII
Triphora coralina
North Shore, Oahu
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Kewalo Hump, Oahu, 90 feet |
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CORAL TRIPHORID
Uncommon under dead coral in deep water. Short & inflated,
two equal rows of beaded spirals, with smaller row between on later
whorls, white with irregular brown patches, posterior canal a shallow
notch, anterior canal barely enclosed, short &
recurved. Attains 4mm. Hawaii, Christmas Island (Indian
Ocean) & Taiwan. |
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