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Updated 11/19/2025

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Mitra stictica

Mitra stictica, Oahu

Kahe Pt., Oahu, 30 feet, 38 mm

 

PUNCTURED MITER

Common in sand pockets deeper than 15 feet.  Shell coronated and encircled by deep pits, last whorl constricted.  Attains 3.5 inches, 87 mm.  East Africa to Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.