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Updated 6/23/2024

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Strigatella coffea

Ala Moana, Oahu, 80 feet, 35 mm

 


 

COFFEE MITER

Uncommon under stones at any depth.  Brown with white flecks and punctured spirals, aperture brown with denticulate outer lip.  Attains 2.4 inches, 60 mm.  Madagascar to Japan, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Mitra (Mitra) coffea.