Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) Author Bakker, Piet A. J. 0000-0003-4683-2083 Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands. hannco.bakker@naturalis.nl Author Albano, Paolo G. 0000-0003-4683-2083 Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy. hannco.bakker@naturalis.nl text Zootaxa 2022 2022-01-11 5088 1 1 216 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5088.1.1 1175-5326 5836536 904D8C6D-A0C0-4D5A-960F-AEBACE141DF0 ( ) Triphoris ( Ino ) elegans Hinds, 1843 Triphoris ( Ino ) elegans Hinds, 1843b: 18 . Triphoris elegans Hinds, 1843 —E.A. Smith 1884: 502 . Triforis elegans ( Jousseaume, 1884 ) Tryon 1887: 189 , pl. 39, fig. 62. Triphora ( Euthymia ) elegans Hinds, 1843 Schepman 1909: 173 . Viriola elegans (Hinds, 1843) Kuroda & Habe 1952: 97 . Euthymella elegans (Hinds, 1843) Marshall 1983: 51 , fig. 21g –i. Viriola ( Orbitophora ) elegans (Hinds, 1843) Higo et al. 1999: 205 , G1665. Type locality. Straits of Malacca , 20 fathoms deep ( 37 m ), mud . Type material. NHMUK 1879.2 .26.197, syntype . Distribution. Australia ( Marshall 1983 ; Nützel 1997 ; Chang & Wu 2005 ), China Sea ( Zongguo & Mao 2012 ), French Polynesia ( Tröndle & Boutet 2009 ; Boutet et al. 2020 ), Guam ( Smith 2003 ), Gulf of Aqaba ( Blatterer 2019 ), Hawaii ( Ladd 1972 ; Kosuge 1981 ), Indonesia ( Schepman 1909 ), Japan ( Kuroda & Habe 1952 ; Ladd 1972 ; Kosuge 1981 ; Higo et al. 1999 ; Okutani 2000 ; Chang & Wu 2005 ; Dumrongrojwattana et al. 2016 ; Okutani 2017 ), Kenya ( Fowler 2016 ), Maldives ( Smith 1903 ), Marshall Islands ( Smith 1884 ; Ladd 1972 ; Kay & Johnson 1987 ; Kosuge 1990 ), Micronesia ( Kurozumi & Asakura 1994 ), New Caledonia ( Ladd 1972 ; Marshall 1983 ), Philippines ( Ladd 1972 ; Kosuge 1981 ; Higo et al. 1999 ; Poppe 2008 ), Samoa ( Ladd 1972 ), Solomon Islands ( Marshall 1983 ), Straits of Malacca ( Hinds 1843b ; Hinds 1844 ; Smith 1884 ; Tryon 1887 ; Paetel 1888 ; Ladd 1972 ; Kosuge 1981 ; Albano et al. 2019 ), Tahiti ( Marshall 1983 ; Chang & Wu 2005 ), Taiwan ( Chang & Wu 2005 ; Chang 2006d ; Dumrongrojwattana et al. 2016 ), Thailand ( Dumrongrojwattana et al. 2016 ; Dumrongrojwattana & Tanamai 2020 ; Wells et al. 2021 ). Geological age. Holocene ( Ladd 1972 ; Kay & Johnson 1987 ). Remarks. Kosuge (1981) considered Triforis flammulata Pease, 1861 a synonym of Triphoris ( Ino ) elegans Hinds, 1843 . Marshall (1983) considered Euthymia tibialis Jousseaume, 1884 , Triforis picturata G.B. Sowerby III, 1901 , Triphora granti F. Baker & Spicer, 1935 , Euthymella pannata Laseron 1958 and Viriola ( Viriola ) kanamarui Kosuge, 1961 junior synonyms of Triphoris ( Ino ) elegans Hinds, 1843 .