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Family Triphoridae

HAWAII

Triphora peasi 

Shallow form, Ala Moana, Oahu, 50 feet

 

Deep form, Ala Moana, Oahu, 50 feet

PEASE'S TRIPHORID

Common under dead coral at any depth.  Golden brown with straight-sided whorls, anterior siphonal canal short, barely recurved.  Deep water shells narrow.  Attains 6mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.