Does anyone know of a larger member of Triphoridae?

Steve Rosenthal sent me several specimens of a species of Inella from
the Philippines. The largest intact specimen (all that I have seen
lack a protoconch) is about 62mm, but included was a dead specimen,
missing the upper third of the spire. These shells have
straight-sided spires, so it's easy to use 2 rulers to work out the
complete length... 78mm with protoconch.

Has anyone seen a specimen with over 62mm of shell present?

This shell, probably undescribed, is usually listed as Tetraphora
princep and is very close to this species. note that Tetraphora is
not an available name; it is a junior homonym for a genus of
Lepidoptera. The oldest available name is Inella.

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