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Created 9/14/2025

Family Fasciolariidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Cyrtulus mauiensis



Maui. @ Padgett Carpenter
   

MAUI SPINDLE

Rare deeper than 60 feet in silty sand and Halimeda kanaloana beds, especially on Maui.  Siphonal canal is stout when compared to the Hawaiian spindle.  Attains 6.5 inches, 165mm.  Endemic to Hawaii, and related to Cyrtulus undatus of the West Pacific.  Formerly known as Fusinus mauiensis.