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Created 4/10/2026

Family Eulimidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Melanella conoidalis



Kaupo, Oahu, 3 feet, 5 mm

CONICAL EULIMID

Common under sea cucumbers in shallow water.  Shell straight, solid, 9-10 convex whorls with irregular varices and an impressed suture, outer lip arched forward.  Attains 0.5 inch, 14 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Balcis conoidalis.