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Family
Naticidae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII
Polinices
mammilla
PEAR-SHAPED or WHITE MOON SNAIL
Uncommon in sand at any depth. Shell relatively light, umbilicus
filled, operculum
transparent brown, extended animal much larger than shell. Attains 2 inches. Hawaii & the Indo-West Pacific.
Formerly known as Polinices tumidus. |
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