Triphora abbotti F. Baker & Spicer, 1935

Triphora abbotti F. Baker & Spicer, 1935: 39, pl. 5, fig. 4.

Viriola abbotti (F. Baker & Spicer, 1935) — Kay 1979: 139, fig. 50e.

Type locality. Samoa, Ofu .

Type material. TheNat 23763, holotype. BPBM 196191, paratype .

Distribution. Australia, Christmas Island (Kosuge 1990), China Sea (Zongguo & Mao 2012), French Polynesia (Tröndle & Boutet 2009; Boutet et al. 2020), Gulf of Aqaba (Blatterer 2019), Hawaii (Kay 1979; Shasky 1983a; Shasky 1983b; Hemmes & Goldsmith 1986; Hemmes et al. 1996c; Chang & Wu 2005; Severns 2011; Polhemus 2020), Marshall Islands (Kay & Johnson 1987; Kosuge 1990), Philippines (Poppe 2008), Samoa (Baker & Spicer 1935; Chang & Wu 2005), Taiwan (Chang & Wu 2005; Chang 2006b; Chen et al. 2012).

Remarks. Marshall (1983) considered Viriola samoana Cernohorsky, 1977 a junior synonym of Viriola abbotti (F. Baker & Spicer, 1935) .