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Family Mitridae

HAWAII

Mitra (Mitra) papalis

Mokapu, Oahu, 75 feet, 84mm

PAPAL MITER

Common in sand at scuba depths.  Shell coronated and encircled by shallow pits on earlier whorls.  Last whorl inflated.  Attains 4 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-Pacific.