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Updated 4/3/2026

Family Mitridae & Costellariidae

Miters 

Miters are an attractive group of nearly 500 species from warm & temperate seas.  Hawaii has more than 80 species, most of which occur in dead coral, rubble or sand in deep water.  They may be recognized by the narrow aperture and several prominent folds on the inner axis or columella.  Miters are carnivorous, preying upon worms, sipunculids, and mollusks.

 

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Pseudonebularia connectens

CONNECTED MITER 

 

Neocancilla papilio langfordiana

LANGFORD'S MITER

 

Nebularia astricta  

HAWAIIAN SNAKE-TONGUE MITER   

 

Swainsonia newcombii

NEWCOMB'S MITER

 

Subcancilla foveolata

PITTED MITER

Neocancilla waikikiensis

WAIKIKI MITER 

 

 

 

   

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Mitra mitra

EPISCOPAL MITER

 

Mitra stictica

PUNCTURED MITER

 

Mitra papalis

PAPAL MITER

 

Strigatella aurora

AURORA MITER

Nebularia ferruginea

RUSTY MITER

 

Nebularia incompta

TESSELLATE MITER

 

Pseudonebularia lienardi

LIENARD'S MITER

 

Pseudonebularia rubritincta

RED-TINGED MITER

 

Pseudonebularia kantori

KANTOR'S MITER

 

Mitra turgida

SWOLLEN MITER

 

Strigatella coronata

CROWNED MITER

 

Strigatella ticaonica

TICAO MITER

 

Strigatella fulvescens

YELLOW-BROWN MITER

 

Strigatella coffea

COFFEE MITER

 

Nebularia acuminata

ACUMINATE MITER

 

Nebularia fastigium

ELEVATED MITER

 

Strigatella luctuosa

MOURNFUL MITER

 

Strigatella assimilis

RELATED MITER

 

Strigatella litterata

LETTERED MITER

 

Nebularia contracta

CONTRACTED MITER

Carinomitra saltata

DANCING MITER

 

Carinomitra typha

CAT-TAIL MITER

 

Domiporta carnicolor

FLESH-COLORED MITER

 

Domiporta granatina

BROWN-LINED MITER

 

Imbricariopsis conovula

EGG MITER

 

Imbricariopsis punctata

PUNCTATE MITER

 

Scabricola olivaeformis

OLIVE-SHAPED MITER

 

Pterygia crenulata

CRENULATED MITER

 

Condylomitra tuberosa

TUBEROUS MITER

 

Strigatella lugubris

DARK MITER

 

Strigatella pudica

SHY MITER

 

 
   

INDO-PACIFIC

Quasimitra cardinalis

CARDINAL MITER

 

Imbricaria interlirata

INTERLYRATE MITER

 

   

CALIFORNIA

Atrimitra idae

IDA'S MITER

 



Family Costellariidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Vexillum adamsi

ADAMS' MITER 

 

Vexillum approximatum

APPROXIMATE MITER

 

   

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Vexillum interruptum

INTERRUPTED MITER

 

Vexillum interstriatum

INTERSTRIATED MITER

 

Vexillum modestum

MODEST MITER

 

Vexillum pacificum

PACIFIC MITER

 

Vexillum unifasciatum

DECORATED MITER

 

Vexillum infaustum

UNLUCKY MITER

 

Vexillum cancellarioides

LATTICE MITER

 

Orphanopusia patriarchalis

PATRIARCH MITER

 

Vexillum cumingii

CUMING'S MITER

 

Vexillum tusum

POINTED MITER

 

Vexillum aureolatum

GOLDEN MITER

 

Vexillum unifasciale

BANDED MITER

 

Vexillum salisburyi

CAPRICORN MITER

 

Pacifilux rubra

RED MITER

 

Eupusia emiliae

EMILIA'S MITER

 

Pusia microzonias

TINY-BELTED MITER

 

Vexillum lenhilli

LEN HILL'S MITER

 

Vexillum leucozonias

BLACK-BANDED MITER

 

Vexillum piceum

BLACK MITER

 

Vexillum moelleri

MOELLER'S MITER

 

Vexillum micra

TINY MITER

 

INDO-PACIFIC

Vexillum geronimae

GERONIMA'S MITER

 

Eupusia pardalis

LEOPARD MITER