Viriola fallax Kay, 1979

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

Viriola fallax Kay, 1979

Figure 47

Viriola fallax Kay 1979: 140, 142, fig. 50C, G.

Type locality.

Milolii, Hawaii.

Type material.

Holotype: BPBM 9798 (fide Kay 1979; not seen). Paratypes: NHMUK 1982250, 3 specimens, Kepuhi Point, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands. Other paratypes: USNM (fide Kay 1979; not seen) .

Remarks.

This is a junior synonym of Viriola alboguttata Tomlin (p. 280). These specimens given by Kay to the NHMUK and labelled as paratypes were not listed as such in Kay (1979).

Figures

Figure 47. Viriola fallax Kay, 1979, Kepuhi Point, Oahu, Hawaii. A Original figure. B-H Paratype, NHMUK 1982250 / 1: front (B, C), side (D, E), back (F), protoconch (G), aperture (H). I Paratype, NHMUK 1982250 / 2: front. J Paratype, NHMUK 1982250 / 3: front. K Original label. Scale bars: B-F: 1 mm; G: 0.2 mm; H-J: 0.5 mm.