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Updated 11/19/2025

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Mitra mitra

Mokapu, Oahu, 75 feet, 48 mm

 

Atlantis Reef, Waikiki, Oahu, 120 feet

 

EPISCOPAL MITER

Fairly common in sand deeper than 20 feet.  Shell smooth with inflated whorls.  Attains 7 inches, 180 mm.  East Africa to Hawaii, and the Society Islands.