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Created 9/14/2025

Family Cassididae

EAST-INDO WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Echinophoria kurodai



NWHI, @ Padgett Carpenter

KURODA'S HELMET

Rare in sand deeper than 200 feet, captured in crab traps or dredged.  Attains 3 inches.  NW Australia to Japan and Hawaii. Formerly known as Phalium kurodai.