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Updated 6/23/2024

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Strigatella assimilis

Mokapu, Oahu, 1 foot, 22 mm

RELATED MITER

Common in sand and algal mat on shallow reefs.  Stout, with spiral grooves, dark brown with a yellow peripheral band and white flecks.  Feeds upon small mollusks.  Attains 1 inch, 25 mm.  East Africa to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Mitra (Strigatella) assimilis.