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Family Terebridae

HAWAII

Hastula penicillata

Makapu'u, Oahu, 15 feet, 28mm

 

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 8 feet, 

 

Makua, Oahu, 50 feet, 29mm

 

Puu Kala Pt., Hawaii, 50 feet, 26mm

 

 

Makua, Oahu, 50 feet, 24mm

 

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 35 feet

PENCIL-LINED AUGER

Common at any depth.  Whorls slightly inflated, irregular wavy lines of varying shades of brown, occasionally with dark blotches.  Attains 1.75 inch.  Hastula lanceata has straighter lines.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.