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Updated 8/26/2025

Family Triphoridae

CENTRAL PACIFIC / HAWAII

Iniforis aemulans

Deep form, Ala Moana, 50 feet

 

Juvenile, Ala Moana, Oahu, 50 feet

RIVAL TRIPHORID

Common under dead coral at any depth.  Gray-tan with dark purple-brown between beaded spirals, Posterior canal short, closed & circular, anterior canal closed & strongly recurved.  Shells from shallow water with strongly inflated whorls.  Attains 10mm.  Hawaii and the Line Islands.