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Family Triphoridae

HAWAII

Viriolopsis fallax 

Mokapu, Oahu

FALSE TRIPHORID

Uncommon under dead coral at scuba depths  Short & slender, three spiral keels, interspaces with axial threads, white with irregular brown splashes.  Attains 4mm.  The larger Euthymella incisa lacks axial threads in the interspaces.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Viriola fallax.