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Updated 4/19/2026

Family Terebridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Myurella pertusa



Haleiwa, Oahu, 100 feet, 55 mm

@ David Watts

Nocnocan, Bohol, P.I., 50 feet, 90mm

 

Puako, Hawaii, 50 feet, 9mm

 

PERFORATED AUGER

Rare in Hawaii and uncommon elsewhere, in sand deeper than 20 feet.  Slender, with fine axial ribs, orange with scattered white blotches and black subsutural dashes.  Attains 4.5 inches, 115mm.  East Africa to Hawaii and Samoa.  Formerly known as Terebra pertusa.