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Updated 6/23/2024

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Nebularia ferruginea

Mitra ferruginea, Oahu

Kahe Pt., Oahu, 35 feet, 36 mm

 

 

Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet

 

Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet

 

RUSTY MITER

Common under dead coral deeper than 20 feet.  Shell solid, coated by yellow periostracum, often scarred and eroded.  Attains 2.3 inches, 58 mm.  East Africa to Hawaii and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Mitra (Nebularia) ferruginea.