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Family Naticidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Polinices melanostomus



Hawaii


Guam

BLACK-MOUTH MOON SNAIL

Rare in sand at scuba depths.  Shell thick & heavy, umbilicus partially hidden by parietal shield.  Attains 2 inches.  Hawaii & the Indo-West Pacific.