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Family Mitridae

HAWAII

Mitra (Strigatella) astricta 

Mitra pellisserpentis, Oahu

Punalu'u, Oahu, 4 feet, 29mm

LOOSE MITER

Common under rocks on shallow reefs and tidepools.  Live shells coated with thin brown periostracum.  Attains 1.5 inch.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Related to the Indo-Pacific Mitra (Strigatella) pellisserpentis.