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Updated 8/24/2025

Family Terebridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Oxymeris dimidiata

Terebra dimidiata, Oahu

Kaiona, Oahu, 6 feet, 113mm

 

Mokapu, Oahu, 10 feet, 128mm

 

Faga'alu, American Samoa, 20 feet, 87mm

 

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 80 feet

 
   

ORANGE AUGER

Rare in sand at any depth.  Shell relatively light for its size.  Attains 6.5 inches, 166mm.  Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Terebra dimidiata.