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Family Eulimidae

HAWAII

Melanella teinostoma

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

NEEDLE-LIKE EULIMID

Common under sea cucumbers at any depth.  Shell straight, solid, slender, suture flush.  Attains 0.5 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-West Pacific.  Formerly known as Balcis aciculata.