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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 3.3 inches, 85 mm.  NW Australia to Japan and Hawaii. Formerly known as Phalium kurodai.