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Family Hipponicidae

HAWAII

Sabia conica

Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii

 

CONICAL HOOF SHELL

Found attached to snails, usually several on one host.  Spire curves backward.  Attains 1/2 inch.  May feed upon feces of host snail or hermit crab.  Leaves deep scar on host shell.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.