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Created 9/20/2026

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Imbricaria flammea



Sea Tiger, Oahu, 105 feet, 11mm
   

FLAME-COLORED MITER

Common in sand deeper than 100 feet.  Sharp spiral keels with wide interspaces, and shallow, close-set axial grooves crossed by two spiral threads, having a mesh-like pattern.  Cream with orange-brown flammules.  Attains 1.3 inches, 34 mm.  South Africa to Hawaii and Samoa.