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Updated 6/25/2016
Family Fasciolariidae
Spindles
Spindles have red body parts and feed upon snails using
corrosive saliva. Egg capsules look like wine glasses with a hole
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Yellowmouth Spindle eggs
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HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Fusinus
sandvichensis
HAWAIIAN SPINDLE
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Fusinus
michaelrogersi
MICHAEL
ROGER'S SPINDLE
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INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Peristernia chlorostoma
YELLOWMOUTH SPINDLE
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Benimakia
nodatus
KNOBBY SPINDLE
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Crassicantharus
noumeensis
GOLD-BANDED SPINDLE
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CALIFORNIA
Kelletia
kelletii
KELLETT'S WHELK
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TROPICAL
WESTERN ATLANTIC
Pleuroploca
gigantea
FLORIDA HORSE CONCH
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Fasciolaria
tulipa
TRUE TULIP |
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