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Updated 6/23/2024
Family Mitridae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII
Nebularia ferruginea
Kahe Pt., Oahu, 35 feet, 36 mm
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Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet
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Haleiwa Trench, Oahu, 30 feet |
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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. |
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