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Updated 3/31/2013
Family Cypraeidae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Cypraea (Lyncina) leviathan leviathan
Ma'ili Point, Oahu, 10 feet, 84mm
Kaena Point, Oahu, 30 feet
Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 20 feet
Lana'i Lookout, Oahu, 15 feet
HAWAIIAN LEVIATHAN COWRY
Locally common in caverns and under slabs exposed to surge. Cypraea carneola propinqua is smaller, less common, and lack nodules on the side. Attains 4 inches. Endemic Hawaiian subspecies.