Triphora brychia Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978

Triphora brychia Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978: 355 .

Strobiligera brychia (Bouchet & Guillemot, 1978) — Bouchet 1985: 29, fig. 15, 24.

Original localities. Porcupine Expedition 1870: off western Portugal, station 16, 994 fathoms deep (1818 m), 39°55’N, 9°56’W ; off south–western Portugal: station 24, 292 fathoms deep (534 m), 37°19’N, 9°13’W; Gulf of Cádiz: stations 27, 322 fathoms deep (589 m), 36°37’N, 7°33’W , station 28, 304 fathoms deep (556 m), 36°29’N, 7°16’W 0, station 28a, 286 fathoms deep (523 m), 36°27’N, 6°54’W, station 29, 227 fathoms deep (415 m), 36°20’N, 6°47’W and station 30, 386 fathoms deep (706 m), 36°15’N, 6°52’W; the Adventure Bank in the Sicily Channel .

Type material. NHMUK 1855.11.5.2673–1855.11.5.2674, NHMUK 1885.11.5.3934–1885.11.5.3938, NHMUK 1985008 and USNM 87324, syntypes .

Distribution. Alboran Sea (Gofas et al. 2014), Bay of Biscay (Jeffreys 1885; Locard 1886; Tryon 1887; Dautzenberg 1927; Bouchet 1985; Bouchet & Warén 1993; Albano et al. 2019), Cape Verde (Fernandes & Rolán 1991; Rolán 2005), France (Locard 1897), Greece (Manousis et al. 2018), Gulf of Mexico (Dautzenberg 1927), Italy (Jeffreys 1885; Tryon 1887; di Geronimo et al. 2005), Mexico (Jeffreys 1885; Tryon 1887), Morocco (Bouchet 1985), Portugal (Locard 1897; Hidalgo 1917; Dautzenberg 1927), Portugal, Azores (Locard 1897; Bouchet 1985; Fernandes & Rolán 1991; Bouchet & Warén 1993; de Frais Martins et al. 2009), Portugal, Madeira (Segers et al. 2009), Rockall Bank (Hoffman et al. 2011), Spain (Hidalgo 1917; Peñas et al. 2006; Gofas et al. 2011), United States, Florida (Dall 1889a; Dall 1889b; Abbott 1974), United States, Georgia (Dall 1889a; Abbott 1974).

Geological age. Pleistocene (di Geronimo et al. 2005).

Remarks. This species occurs exclusively in the Eastern Atlantic. Records from the Western Atlantic are misidentifications, most likely of Triphora triserialis var. aspera Jeffreys, 1885 . Because of the homonymy with Triforis asper Deshayes, 1866, Bouchet & Guillemot (1978) introduced the replacement name Triphora brychia .