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Family Turbinidae

HAWAII

Turbo sandwicensis   

Wailupe, Oahu, 3 feet

 

Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii

 

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.