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Updated 9/8/2012

Family Strombidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Canarium hellii  

Oahu, 250 feet

HELL'S STROMB

Uncommon in sand at depths exceeding 30 feet.  White with variable amount of brown blotches, aperture wine.  Attains 1 inch.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Strombus hellii.