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Created 8/24/2025

Family Ellobiidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Laemodonta octanfracta

 


Kapoho Point, Kailua, Oahu
   

CORDED AIR-BREATHING SNAIL

Uncommon under stones or gravel in the splash zone near brackish water.  Attains 0.5 inch  Mascarenes to Hawaii and the Tuamotus.