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Updated 9/19/2022

Family Cerithiidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Cerithium zebrum

Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii

 

Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 3 feet
 

ZEBRA HORN

Abundant in algal mat on shallow reefs and tidepools.  Variable in color with strong beaded spirals.  Attains 3/8 inch.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.  Similar to Cerithium boeticum.