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Updated 6/23/2024

Family Mitridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Nebularia acuminata

Papua New Guinea, 22 mm

ACUMINATE MITER

Very rare in Hawaii under dead coral but common elsewhere.  Golden brown with tapering spire and white aperture with a very thick outer lip.  Attains 1.4 inches, 35 mm.  South Africa to Japan, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Mitra (Strigatella) acuminata.