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Family Ranellidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Gutturnium muricinum

PURPLE-MOUTHED TRITON

Fairly common under stones in shallow water.  Color variable, aperture purple, siphonal canal long and tubular.  Attains 2.5 inches.  Tropics worldwide.  Formerly known as Cymatium muricinum.