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Updated 1/29/2014

Family Ranellidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Gelagna succinta



Ala Moana, Oahu, 36mm

Juvenile

CLANDESTINE TRITON

Rare under dead coral and rubble in deep water.  Live shells covered with leafy periostracum.  Attains 3 inches.  Tropics worldwide.  Formerly known as Cymatium clandestinum.