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Created 9/7/2013

Family Buccinidae

HAWAII

Caducifer decapitatus

 

Hulopo'e tidepool, Lana'i
 

Depositing egg capsules


Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 40 feet

DECAPITATED WHELK

Fairly common under rocks at any depth.  Upper whorls typically broken off in adults.  Attains 0.75 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-West Pacific.