Triphoris conspersa E.A. Smith, 1875

Triphoris conspersus E.A. Smith, 1875: 106 .

Triforis conspersus E.A. Smith, 1875 — Tryon 1887: 190.

Triforis conspersa E.A. Smith, 1875 — Pilsbry 1895: 58.

Triphora conspersa E.A. Smith, 1875 — Kuroda & Habe 1952: 91.

Notosinister conspersus (E.A. Smith, 1875) — Kosuge 1962b: 88, pl. 9, fig. 9.

Mastonia conspersa (E.A. Smith, 1875) — Habe & Kosuge 1966: 104, pl. 41, fig. 8.

Bouchetriphora conspersa (E.A. Smith, 1875) — Okutani 2000: 315, pl. 156, fig. 76, 77.

Mesophora conspersa (E.A. Smith, 1875) — Chang & Wu 2005: 36, fig. 76.

Bouchetriphora consfera (E.A. Smith, 1875) [sic]— Kil & Lee 2012: 275, fig. 1.

Type locality. Japan, Cape Sima, 18 fathoms deep (33 m) .

Type material. NHMUK 1873.8 .6.135 and NHMUK 196545, syntypes .

Distribution. Australia (Paetel 1888), China Sea (Zongguo & Mao 2012), Japan (Smith 1875; Tryon 1887; Paetel 1888; Pilsbry 1895; Kuroda & Habe 1952; Kosuge 1962b; Kuroda et al. 1971; Oyama 1973; Higo et al. 1999; Okutani 2000; Hasegawa et al. 2001a; Chang & Wu 2005; Kil & Lee 2012; Okutani 2017; Lee et al. 2018; Albano et al. 2019), Korea (Kil & Lee 2012; Lee et al. 2018), Philippines (Kil & Lee 2012; Lee et al. 2018), South Korea (Kil & Lee 2012; Kill et al. 2013), Taiwan (Chang & Wu 2005; Chang 2006e; Kil & Lee 2012; Lee et al. 2018).

Remarks. The genus Triphoris is of feminine gender, therefore the original spelling should be Triphoris conspersa . Habe & Kosuge (1966) considered Triphora sematensis Oyama, 1954 a junior synonym of T. conspersa . Kuroda et al. (1971) considered Triforis purpurata Pilsbry, 1895 and Triphora sematensis Oyama, 1954 junior synonyms of T. conspersus .