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Updated 2/17/2026

Family Columbellidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Mitrella loyaltyensis



Kawaihae, Hawaii, 30 feet, 6mm


Waianae, Oahu, 105 feet, 7 mm



Kaloko, Oahu, 3 feet

 

 
   

LOYALTY ISLANDS' DOVE SHELL

Uncommon under rocks and rubble at any depth.  Tall and glossy, nine nearly flat whorls, body whorl transition to base a blunt corner, ivory with fine mesh of reddish-brown lines, spiral of irregular white markings at the suture and periphery of body whorl, base white with curved brown lines.  Attains 0.4 inch, 9 mm.  New Caledonia to Hawaii and the Society Islands.  Formerly lumped within Mitrella pudica as Mitrella fusiformis.