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Updated 6/25/2016

Family Fasciolariidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Crassicantharus noumeensis



Kewalo, Oahu, 60 feet

GOLD-BANDED SPINDLE

Uncommon under stones or within dead coral deeper than 30 feet.  Usually eroded and encrusted with coralline algae.  Attains 1 inch.  Hawaii, Mauritius, New Caledonia, and Japan.  Formerly known as Dolicholatirus noumeensis or Teralatirus noumeensis.