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> Turbo sandwicensis
Updated 5/12/2013
Family
Turbinidae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Turbo sandwicensis
HAWAIIAN TURBAN
Common under stones in shallow water. Interior composed of
mother-of-pearl, operculum domes & calcareous, shells from the NWHI
may be loosely coiled and attain 4 inches. Endemic to Hawaii.
Related to the Indo-West Pacific Turbo argyrostomus, which also
occurs at Midway Atoll. |
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