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Created 10/29/2022

Family Vermetidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Dendropoma psarocephalum



Kawaihae, Hawaii
   

RIBBED WORM SHELL

Common among crustose coralline algae in shallow water.  Coiled or conforming to the substrate, brown with close-set rings.  Aperture dark brown, diameter 0.1 inch, 3 mm, overall diameter or length of 0.8 inch, 20 mm.  Formerly known as Dendropoma psarocephala.  Endemic to Hawaii.