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Updated 8/24/2025

Family Terebridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Oxymeris areolata

Kaiona, Oahu, 6 feet, 102mm

 

 

DARK-SPOTTED AUGER

Rare in shallow water.  Whorls slightly convex, smooth, with barely impressed subsutural band.  Attains 7.2 inches, 182mm  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Terebra areolata.