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> Monoplex comptus
updated 9/9/2012
Family
Ranellidae
CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII
Monoplex comptus
Oahu, 250 feet
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DWARF TRITON
Rare in sand or rubble deeper than 150 feet. Shell lightweight,
siphonal canal elongate, recurved, aperture white. Attains 1.5 inch. Hawaii,
Indo-West Pacific, Tropical Western Atlantic. Erroneously reported
from Hawaii as Cymatium vespaceum. |
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