Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Aclophora robusta		Western Central Pacific		1958
Aclophora sagei		Western Central Atlantic	0.9 NG	1995
Aclophora xystica		Western Central Pacific		1884
Aclophoropsis mcmichaeli		Eastern Central Pacific		1962
Bouchetriphora pallida		Pacific Ocean.		1871
Brucetriphora granifera		Southwest Pacific		1894
Cautor minutulus		Western Central Pacific		1974
Cautor similis		Eastern Central Pacific		1871
Cautotriphora alveolata		Western Central Pacific		1850
Cautotriphora hervieri		Western Central Pacific		1962
Cheirodonta apexcrassum		Western Central Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1994
Cheirodonta decollata		Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1994
Cheirodonta miskitorum		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1999
Cheirodonta pallescens		Mediterranean Sea.		1867
Cheirodonta verbernei		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1989
Coriophora hungerfordi		Western Central Pacific		1914
Coriophora lessepsiana		Western Central Pacific		2021
Coriophora monilifera		Eastern Central Pacific		1843
Coriophora ustulata		Eastern Central Pacific		1898
Cosmotriphora arnoldoi		Western Central Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1991
Cosmotriphora decorata	Mottled triphora	Western Central Atlantic		1850
Cosmotriphora dupliniana		Western Central Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1916
Cosmotriphora melanura	White Atlantic triphora	Atlantic Ocean and the Me	0.9 DL	1850
Cosmotriphora oreodoxa		Western Central Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1953
Differoforis montrouzieri		Eastern Central Pacific		1898
Euthymella bilix		Central Pacific		1843
Euthymella concors		Central Pacific		1843
Euthymella elegans		Central Pacific		1843
Euthymella elongata		Pacific Ocean.		1958
Euthymella lutea		Eastern Central Pacific		1962
Eutriphora auffenbergi		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL	2008
Eutriphora bermudensis		Western Central Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1911
Inella apexbilirata		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2008
Inella asperrima		Western Central Pacific		1843
Inella colon		Western Central Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1881
Inella differens		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	2008
Inella dinea		Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1927
Inella enopla		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1927
Inella faberi		Western Atlantic.		2008
Inella gaesona		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1927
Inella gigas		Western Central Pacific		1843
Inella harryleei		Western Atlantic.	1.8 DL	2008
Inella japonica		Western Central Pacific		1963
Inella maxillaris		Western Central Pacific		1843
Inella meteora		Western Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1927
Inella noduloides		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	2008
Inella pinarena		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2007
Inella pompona		Western Atlantic.	2.4 DL	1927
Inella pseudolongissima		Western Atlantic.	2.2 DL	2008
Inella pseudotorticula		Western Atlantic.	1.7 DL	2008
Inella pyramidalis		Western Central Pacific		1850
Inella ryosukei		Western Central Pacific		1963
Inella sarissa		Western Atlantic.	1.6 DL	1889
Inella sentoma		Western Atlantic.	2.8 DL	1927
Inella slapcinskyi		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2008
Inella spicula		Western Central Pacific		1962
Inella torticula		Western Atlantic.	2.5 DL	1881
Inella undebermuda		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	2008
Inella unicornium		Western Atlantic.	5.0 DL	2006
Iniforis aemulans		Eastern Central Pacific		1843
Iniforis albogranosa		Western Central Pacific		1961
Iniforis carmelae		Western Central Atlantic	0.6 DL	1993
Iniforis casta		Western Central Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1843
Iniforis hinuhinu		Central Pacific		1979
Iniforis ikukoae		Eastern Central Pacific		1963
Iniforis immaculata		Western Central Atlantic	0.5 DL	1993
Iniforis limitaris		Southeast Pacific		1980
Iniforis ordinata		Eastern Central Pacific		1958
Iniforis peleae		Eastern Central Pacific		1935
Iniforis perfecta		Eastern Central Pacific		1871
Iniforis pseudothomae		Western Central Atlantic	1.0 DL	1993
Iniforis turristhomae	St. Thomas triphora	Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1802
Iniformis formosula		Western Central Pacific		1897
Isotriphora guanahacabibes		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2008
Isotriphora peetersae		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1989
Isotriphora taenialba		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1994
Latitriphora albida		Western Central Atlantic.		1854
Liniphora restis		Eastern Central Pacific		1958
Litharium oceanida		Eastern Central Pacific		1924
Marshallora adversa	Reversed needle welk	Northeast Atlantic and th		1803
Marshallora apexdiversus		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2008
Marshallora nicaraguensis		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1999
Marshallora nichupte		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1996
Marshallora nigrocincta	Black-line triphora	Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1839
Marshallora ostenta		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2008
Mastonia cingulifera		Central Pacific		1861
Mastonia clavata		Western Central Pacific		1861
Mastonia cnodax		Western Central Pacific		1884
Mastonia gracilis		Eastern Central Pacific		1871
Mastonia guamensis		Western Central Pacific		1974
Mastonia iris		Eastern Central Pacific		1958
Mastonia lamberti		Western Central Pacific		1897
Mastonia millepunctata		Western Central Pacific		1962
Mastonia papillata		Eastern Central Pacific		1898
Mastonia peanites		Eastern Central Pacific		1898
Mastonia rubra		Western Central Pacific		1843
Mastonia squalida		Eastern Central Pacific		1962
Mastonia troglodytes		Eastern Central Pacific		1898
Mastonia vulpina		Eastern Central Pacific		1843
Mastoniaeforis chaperi		Eastern Central Pacific		1884
Mastoniaeforis decorata		Southwest Pacific and Eas		1958
Mastoniaeforis jousseaumei		Western Pacific		1897
Mastoniaeforis lifuana		Western Central Pacific		1897
Mesophora granosa		Pacific Ocean.		1870
Mesophora novem		Western Central Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1969
Metaxia abrupta		Atlantic Ocean.	0.6 TL	1880
Metaxia albicephala		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Metaxia bacillum		Mediterranean Sea.		1869
Metaxia brunnicephala		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Metaxia convexa		Eastern Central Pacific		1856
Metaxia espinosai		Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1992
Metaxia exaltata		Southwest Pacific		1930
Metaxia excelsa		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1991
Metaxia kermadecensis		Southwest Pacific		1977
Metaxia metaxa		Atlantic Ocean.	0.6 DL	1828
Metaxia metaxae		Mediterranean Sea.		1829
Metaxia polynesica		Southeast Pacific		1980
Metaxia prompta		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2008
Metaxia propinqua		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2008
Metaxia propria		Western Atlantic.	0.6 DL	2008
Metaxia rugulosa		Western Central Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1850
Metaxia taeniolata		Western Central Atlantic	0.4 DL	1889
Metaxia tricarinata		Central Pacific		1861
Metaxia vicina		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1850
Monophorus alboranensis		Mediterranean Sea.		2001
Monophorus ateralbus		Western Central Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1994
Monophorus atrata		Western Central Pacific		1962
Monophorus erythrosoma		Mediterranean Sea.		1978
Monophorus monachus		Western Central Pacific		1897
Monophorus olivaceus		Western Central Atlantic.	1 DL	1889
Monophorus pantherinus		Mediterranean Sea.		2001
Monophorus perversus		Western Indian Ocean and		1758
Monophorus quadrimaculatus		Eastern Central Pacific		1898
Monophorus tessellatus		Eastern Central Pacific		1963
Monophorus thiriotae		Mediterranean Sea.		1985
Nanaphora triticea		Eastern Central Pacific		1861
Nototriphora aupouria		Southwest Pacific		1937
Nototriphora decorata		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1850
Obesula marisnostri		Mediterranean Sea.		1985
Opimaphora blattereri		Mediterranean Sea.		2021
Opimaphora coralina		Eastern Central Pacific		1958
Opimaphora sarcira		Western Central Pacific		1958
Pogonodon pseudocanaricus		Mediterranean Sea.		1985
Sagenotriphora ampulla		Southwest Pacific		1903
Sagenotriphora candidula		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2008
Similiphora intermedia		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1850
Similiphora similior		Mediterranean Sea.		1978
Strobiligera bigemma		Western Atlantic.	1.5 DL	1880
Strobiligera brychia		Mediterranean Sea.		1978
Strobiligera flammulata		Mediterranean Sea.		1993
Strobiligera inflata		Western Central Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1880
Subulophora rutilans		Southwest Pacific		1897
Tetraphora iniqua		Western Central Pacific		1898
Tetraphora princeps		Western Central Pacific		1904
Tetraphora serrana		Western Central Pacific		1927
Triphora abacoensis		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2008
Triphora amicorum		Western Atlantic.		2008
Triphora angasi		Indo-Pacific.	0.7 DL	1865
Triphora aporema		Southeast Pacific		1980
Triphora atlantica		Eastern Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1890
Triphora bathyraphe		Eastern Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1890
Triphora bicolor		Eastern Central Pacific		1868
Triphora callipyrga		Eastern Central Pacific		1907
Triphora calva		Western Atlantic.	0.9 NG	1991
Triphora caracca		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1927
Triphora caribbeana		Western Atlantic.		1980
Triphora carpenteri		Western Atlantic.		1907
Triphora catalinensis		Western Atlantic.		1907
Triphora chrysolitha		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Triphora compsa		Western Atlantic.	1.2 DL	1927
Triphora cylindrellus		Western Central Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1881
Triphora decorata	Mottled trifora	Western Central Atlantic	12 DL	1850
Triphora earlei		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Triphora ellyae		Western Central Atlantic.	0.4 DL	1988
Triphora elvirae		Western Central Atlantic.	0.6 DL	1988
Triphora eucharis		Southeast Pacific		1980
Triphora exomilisca		Southeast Pacific		1980
Triphora georgiana		Western Atlantic.	0.8 DL	1927
Triphora grenadensis		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	2008
Triphora guadaloupensis		Western Atlantic.	0.2 DL	2008
Triphora hebes		Atlantic Ocean.	0.6 DL	1880
Triphora hemphilli		Western Atlantic and East	0.6 DL	1907
Triphora hircus		Western Atlantic.	1.3 DL	1881
Triphora idonea		Western Indian Ocean		1901
Triphora inaudita		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	2008
Triphora indigena		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	1927
Triphora intermedia	Intermediate trifora	Western Atlantic.	1.1 DL	1881
Triphora keiki		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Triphora laddi		Eastern Central Pacific		1979
Triphora leucathema		Southeast Pacific		1980
Triphora lilacina		Western Central Atlantic.	0.9 DL	1889
Triphora loisae		Southeast Pacific		1980
Triphora longissima		Western Atlantic	2.8 DL	1881
Triphora martii		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1995
Triphora medinae		Western Atlantic.		1955
Triphora melanura	Black-tipped trifora	Western Central Atlantic	8.5 DL	1850
Triphora montereyensis		Western Central Atlantic		1907
Triphora nigrocincta		Western Central Atlantic	8 DL	1839
Triphora ornata		Western Atlantic.	1 DL	1832
Triphora osclausum		Western Central Atlantic	0.5 DL	1995
Triphora pedroana	San Pedro triphora	East Pacific.		1907
Triphora peninsularis		Southeast Pacific		1907
Triphora pfeifferi		Indo-Pacific.	0.8 DL	1865
Triphora portoricensis		Western Atlantic.		2008
Triphora pseudonovem		Western Atlantic.	0.7 DL	2008
Triphora pulchella		Western Atlantic.		1850
Triphora pusilla		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1840
Triphora pyrrha		Western Atlantic.	0.3 DL	1914
Triphora recta		Eastern Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1890
Triphora regalis		Western Central Pacific
Triphora rushii		Western Atlantic.	0.5 DL	1889
Triphora somersi		Western Atlantic.		1926
Triphora stearnsi		Southeast Pacific		1907
Triphora taeniolata		Western Central Pacific	4 DL	1897
Triphora triserialis		Western Atlantic	0.8 DL	1881
Triphora truncis		Western Central Pacific		1958
Triphora tuberculata		Western Central Pacific		1871
Triphora turristhomae	Thomas' trifora	Western Central Atlantic	7 DL	1802
Triphora turtlebayensis		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2008
Triphora vargasi		Southeast Pacific		1980
Triphora yociusi		Western Atlantic.	0.4 DL	2008
Viriola abbotti		Central Pacific		1935
Viriola bayani		Central Pacific		1884
Viriola cancellata		Pacific Ocean		1843
Viriola cingulata		Western Indian Ocean		1854
Viriola corrugata		Indo-West Pacific		1843
Viriola flammulata		Eastern Central Pacific		1861
Viriola incisa		Pacific Ocean.		1861
Viriola pagoda		Central Pacific		1843
Viriola tricincta	Three-plaited triphoria	Western Central Pacific		1882
Viriolopsis fallax		Eastern Central Pacific		1979

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Family: Triphoridae (See list of species below)

Family: Triphoridae

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