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Updated 4/19/2026

Family Triphoridae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Viriolopsis fallax 

Mokapu, Oahu, 45 feet, 3.5 mm

 

FALSE TRIPHORID

Uncommon under dead coral at scuba depths  Short & slender, three spiral keels, interspaces with axial threads, white with irregular brown splashes.  Attains 0.2 inch, 4 mm.  Viriola incisa is larger and lacks axial threads in the interspaces.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Viriola fallax.