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Updated 8/25/2024

Family Mitridae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Nebularia astricta 

Mitra pellisserpentis, Oahu

Punalu'u, Oahu, 4 feet, 29 mm

 

HAWAIIAN SNAKE-TONGUE MITER

Common under rocks on shallow reefs and tidepools.  Live shells coated with thin brown periostracum.  Attains 1.5 inches, 37 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Related to the Indo-Pacific Nebularia pellisserpentis.  Formerly known as Mitra (Strigatella) pelisserpentis.