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Updated 11/19/2025

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Strigatella aurora

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet, 31 mm

 
 

Kaunolu Point, Lana'i, 25 feet, 22 mm

 
   

AURORA MITER

Uncommon under dead coral or rubble deeper than 25 feet.  Attains 2 inches, 50 mm.  Mascarenes to Okinawa, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Mitra (Nebularia) aurora aurora.