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Family Trochidae
Top Snails
| Tops are herbivorous snails that possess a thin yellow-brown operculum. The shell's interior is lined with
mother-of-pearl. |
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HAWAII
Trochus intextus
HAWAIIAN or
WOVEN TOP SNAIL
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CALIFORNIA
| Norrisia
norrisi
NORRIS' TOP SHELL
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Family
Turbinidae Turbans
| Turbans are herbivorous snails that possess a thick calcareous
operculum called a 'cat's eye'. The interior is lined with
mother-of-pearl. |
HAWAII
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Turbo sandwicensis
HAWAIIAN TURBAN
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Collonista
verruca
WARTY TURBAN
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| Collonista rubricincta
RED-BANDED TURBAN
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CALIFORNIA
| Lithopoma
undosum
WAVY TURBAN
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Family
Calliostomatidae
| Shells have a chitinous operculum and until recently this group was a
subfamily of the Trochidae. |
NORTHEAST PACIFIC
| Calliostoma ligatum
WESTERN RIBBED or BLUE TOP SHELL
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