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Family Neritidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Nerita polita

Kaupo, Oahu

 

 

Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii

POLISHED NERITE    KUPE'E

Locally common in sand under boulders at the water's edge.  Gray with various colors.  Attains 1.25 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-West Pacific.