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Family Terebridae

HAWAII

Terebra (Oxymeris) felina

Nanakuli, Oahu, 25 feet, 32mm

CAT AUGER

Rare in sand at scuba depths.  Smooth with shallow subsutural band and row of brown spots.  Attains 2 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.  Similar to the Hawaiian endemic Terebra (Oxymeris) suffusa.