Triphora elvirae de Jong & Coomans, 1988

Triphora elvirae de Jong & Coomans, 1988: 50, pl. 34, fig. 240.

Cosmotriphora elvirae (de Jong & Coomans, 1988) — Redfern 2001: 65, pl. 32, fig. 273.

Mesophora elvirae (de Jong & Coomans, 1988) — Chang & Wu 2005: 37, fig. 78.

Type locality. Curaçao .

Type material. ZMA. MOLL.138258, holotype. ZMA . MOLL.136642, paratype .

Distribution. ABC–Islands (de Jong & Coomans 1988; Fernandes et al. 2013; Bakker 2021), Bahamas (Redfern 2001; Fernandes et al. 2013; Redfern 2013; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), Belize (Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; M Fernandes et al. 2013), Brazil (Fernandes et al. 2013; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), Cuba (Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 1995; Rolán & Fernández-Garcés 2007; Díaz & Miloslavich 2010; Fernandes et al. 2013), Gulf of Mexico (Rosenberg et al. 2009; Fernandes et al. 2013), United States, Florida (Fernandes & Pimenta 2020), United States, Louisiana (Garcia & Lee 2002; Rosenberg et al. 2009; Garcia & Lee 2011; Fernandes et al. 2013; Fernandes & Pimenta 2020).

Remarks. The report of this species from Taiwan by Chang & Wu (2005) & Chang (2006e) and from the China Sea by Zongguo & Mao (2012) are misidentifications of this Caribbean species. Therefore, we do not list them among its current distribution.