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Updated 12/1/2025

Family Muricidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pascula muricata

Mokapu, Oahu, 2 feet, 19mm

 



Makapu'u, Oahu, 3 feet, 20mm


Makapu'u, Oahu, 3 feet, 17.5mm


Makapu'u, Oahu, 3 feet, 15mm

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

ORANGE-MOUTH DRUPE

Abundant under rocks & dead coral at any depth.  Feeds upon mollusks.  Attains 0.8  inch, 22 mm.  Madagascar to New Caledonia and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Drupella ochrostoma or Pascula ochrostoma.