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HAWAII

Hastula strigilata

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 75 feet, 40mm

 

Makapu'u, Oahu, 15 feet, 39mm

 

PAINTED AUGER

Uncommon at scuba depths.  Fine axial ribs may be obsolete or strong, color yellow, olive, or brown.  Protoconch of 3 - 4 brown whorls.  Columella entirely white.  Attains  2 inches.  Dark shells are referred to as Hastula strigilata f. verreauxi.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.