Mesophora pallenta Laseron, 1958

Mesophora pallenta Laseron, 1958: 596, fig. 44–45, 66–67.

Coriophora pallenta (Laseron, 1958) in Özdikmen 2013: 254.

Type locality. Australia, Port Curtis, 7–10 fathoms deep (13–18 m) .

Type material. AMS C.103059, holotype . AMS C.64118, paratypes .

Distribution. Australia (Laseron 1958).

(†) Triphoris pallida Pease, 1871

Triphoris pallidus Pease, 1871: 774 .

Triforis pallidus Pease, 1871 — Tryon 1887: 191.

Triphora (Triphora) pallida Pease, 1871 — Ladd 1972: 45, pl. 11, fig. 14.

Bouchetriphora pallida (Pease, 1871) — Marshall 1983: 61, fig. 3, 7c, 26a–g.

Bouchetriphora pallidus (Pease, 1871) — Higo et al. 1999: 211.

Type locality. Hawaii, Kauai Island .

Type material. MCZ 50073, lectotype . MCZ 288955, paralectotypes .

Distribution. Australia (Kay 1979; Marshall 1983; Wilson 1994; Higo et al. 1999), Australia, Christmas Island (Kosuge 1990), Australia, Tasmania (Marshall 1983), China (Hasegawa et al. 2001b), French Polynesia (Tröndle & Boutet 2009; Boutet et al. 2020), Gulf of Aqaba (Blatterer 2019), Hawaii (Pease 1871; Tryon 1887; Paetel 1888; Edmondson 1933; Edmondson 1946; Ladd 1972; Kay 1979; Marshall 1983; Hemmes & Goldsmith 1986; Johnson 1994; Hemmes et al. 1996d; Higo et al. 1999; Severns 2011), Japan (Higo et al. 1999; Okutani 2000; Chang & Wu 2005; Okutani 2017), Marshall Islands (Ladd 1972; Kay 1979; Kay & Johnson 1987; Kosuge 1990), Mayotte (Marshall 1983), Micronesia (Kay 1979), Mozambique Channel (Marshall 1983), New Caledonia (Marshall 1983), New Zealand (Marshall 1983; Maxwell 2009), New Zealand, Kermadec Islands (Brook 1998; Trnski & Schlumpf 2015), Niue Island (Cernohorsky 1970), Philippines (Ladd 1972; Kay 1979; Higo et al. 1999), Solomon Islands (Marshall 1983), Thailand (Robba et al. 2004; Dumrongrojwattana & Tanamai 2020; Wells et al. 2021).

Geological age. Holocene (Ladd 1972; Kay & Johnson 1987), Pleistocene (Maxwell 2009), Pliocene (Maxwell 2009).

Remarks. The genus Triphoris is of feminine gender, therefore the name should be Triphoris pallida . Lectotype designation by Johnson (1994). Kay (1979) and Marshall (1983) considered Mesophora albomicra Laseron 1958 a junior synonym of Triphorus pallida Pease, 1871 . Marshall (1983) considered also Triphora infelix Webster, 1906, Triphora angasi var. leuca Verco, 1909, Notosinister glacialus Laseron 1954 and Notosinister candefactus Kosuge, 1963 junior synonyms of Triphoris pallida Pease, 1871 .