Triphoris verrucosus Adams & Reeve, 1850

Albano, Paolo G., Bakker, Piet A. J. & Sabelli, Bruno, 2019, Annotated catalogue of the types of Triphoridae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) in the Natural History Museum of the United Kingdom, London, Zoosystematics and Evolution 95 (1), pp. 161-308 : 161

Triphoris verrucosus Adams & Reeve, 1850

Figure 13

Triphoris verrucosus Adams and Reeve 1850: 45, pl. 11, fig. 32a, b.

Type locality.

"China Sea".

Type material.

Not found, see remarks.

Original description.

Triph. testâ gracillimo-subulatâ, anfractibus octodecim ad viginti, granoso-clathratis, granis transversè oblongis; sordidè albâ.

Hab. China Sea.

A slender species, latticed throughout with transversely oblong granules.

Translation of the Latin text.

Very slender subulate triphorid with eighteen to twenty granular-latticed whorls with transversely oblong granules; dirty white.

Hab. China Sea

Remarks.

One specimen was found in the type collection of the NHMUK (1878.1.28.483) but we doubt it is a syntype. The original description states that the species has 18 to 20 whorls, while the specimen found has only eight. The original figure shows a slender shell with several whorls, but little more can be inferred because it is poorly detailed. At present, T. verrucosus should be considered a nomen dubium.

Figures

Figure 13. Triphora sp. (labelled as Triphoris verrucosus Adams & Reeve, 1850), China Sea, coll. H. Adams in coll. H. Cuming. A-G, I NHMUK 1878.1.28.483: front (A), side (B), back (C), protoconch (D, E), original labels (F), aperture (G), peristome (I). H Original figures. Scale bars: A-C: 1 mm; D, E: 0.2 mm; G, I: 0.4 mm.