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Family Eulimidae

HAWAII

Melanella ima

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

THAANUM'S EULIMID

Uncommon under stones or rubble.  Shell flexed to the right, semi-transparent, >9 convex whorls with spiral varices, suture impressed, outer lip arching forward.  Animal green or yellow.  Attains 1.5 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-West Pacific.  Formerly known as Balcis thaanumi.