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Family Fasciolariidae

HAWAII

Peristernia chlorostoma

Eggs, Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet

YELLOWMOUTH SPINDLE

Common under rocks in shallow water.  Cream with varying amount of brown, aperture yellow.  Attains 3/4 inch.  Indo-Pacific, formerly thought to be endemic to Hawaii.