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Family Muricidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pascula muricata

Mokapu, Oahu, 2 feet, 19mm

 

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

ORANGE-MOUTH DRUPE

Abundant under rocks & dead coral at any depth.  Feeds upon mollusks.  Attains 3/4 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.  Formerly known as Drupella ochrostoma or Pascula ochrostoma.