Mesophora pallenta Laseron, 1958

Bakker, Piet A. J. & Albano, Paolo G., 2022, Nomenclator, geographic and stratigraphic distribution of the family Triphoridae (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Zootaxa 5088 (1), pp. 1-216 : 131

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 .