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Updated 12/11/2020
Turrids
Diverse group of shells with a venomous barb to
capture prey. They inhabit rock, rubble or sand and have a distinctive posterior notch on the outer
lip. Most attain less than 1 inch, not especially common in
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Family Turridae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Turridrupa bijubata
CRESTED TURRID
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Carinapex
minutissimus
TINY TURRID
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Family Clathurellidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Lienardia mighelsi
MIGHELS' TURRID
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Family Mangeliidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Macteola interrupta
INTERRUPTED TURRID
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Family Rhaphitomidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Tritonoturris
amabilis
LOVELY TURRID
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