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Author: Jan Delsing
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Triphora bicolor (Pease, 1868). (Synonyms: Triphoris alternata Pease, 1861, non C. B. Adams, 1852; Mastonia harperi Jousseaume, 1884.) Length, 7.5 mm; diameter, 2 mm. Shell: conic-inflated; last whorl with three beaded spiral threads; apical and abapical spirals yellow, middle row brown. Spire: protoconch acuminate, of four light brown whorls, the apical smooth, the others carinated with two spiral keels overrun by axial threads; teleoconch of eight inflated whorls; suture wide, shallow. Sculpture: three beaded spirals on each whorl, the apical row with large circular, close-set beads, the abapical row with hemispherical bosses and axial columns, middle row with smaller beads; base with two smooth or obsoletely beaded spirals. Aperture: anterior canal short, recurved; posterior canal a narrow slit. Color: apical spiral yellow, abapical yellow-brown, middle row and suture dark brown; apical whorls white. These triphorids are common in tide pools and in shallow water on fringing reefs. T. bicolor was described from the Hawaiian Islands.
Kay, E.A., 1979. Hawaiian Marine Shells. Reef and Shore Fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca.