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Family Terebridae

HAWAII

Terebra (Hastulopsis) pertusa

Puako, Hawaii, 50 feet, 9mm

PERFORATED AUGER

Rare at scuba depths in Hawaii, uncommon elsewhere.  Slender with flat whorls clouded with orange.  Attains 2 inches.  India to Hawaii.