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> Psilaxis radiatus
Family
Architectonicidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Psilaxis
radiatus
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Kewalo, Oahu, 60 feet |
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RADIAL
SUNDIAL
Uncommon in sand & rubble next to
Lobe Coral upon which it feeds at night. Color variable, protoconch white, Psilaxis
oxytropis has a brown protoconch with a white spot. Attains
diameter of 1 inch. Hawaii, Indo-Pacific & Tropical Eastern
Pacific. Formerly known as Philippia radiata. |
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