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Family Neritidae

HAWAII

Nerita picea 

Common Nerites, Oahu

Makapu'u, Oahu

Kaupo, Oahu

 

Black Point, Oahu

 

Portlock, Oahu

Portlock, Oahu

Portlock, Oahu

COMMON NERITE    PIPIPI

Abundant in the high intertidal zone.  Harvested & boiled as an snack.  Attains 1 inch.  Endemic to Hawaii.  May be confused with the white-spotted Neripteron neglectum of brackish environments.