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Updated 6/23/2024

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Strigatella fulvescens

Kaunolu Point, Lana'i, 25 feet, 29 mm

 

Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet

 

YELLOW-BROWN MITER

Uncommon under dead coral or rubble deeper than 30 feet.  Spire turreted, outer lip constricted, suture slightly crenulate, spiral rows of shallow pits, dark brown with scattered white flecks, aperture orange with denticulate outer lip.  Attains 2 inches, 50 mm.  Mascarenes to Japan, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Mitra (Nebularia) fulvescens.