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Updated 9/4/2023

Family Cypraeidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Cypraea (Nucleolaria) granulata granulata  

Adult, Lana'i, 25 feet, 33mm

 

Subadult, Lana'i, 25 feet, 23mm

 

Lana'i Lookout, Oahu, 15 feet

 



Ma'alaea Bay, Maui

GRANULATED COWRY

Uncommon in caverns and under slabs deeper than 10 feet.  Dull rusty brown and flattened, juveniles are inflated and glossy.  Attains 1.75 inch.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Part of a Hawaiian species complex.