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Updated 6/23/2024

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Mitra turgida

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 3 feet, 17 mm

SWOLLEN MITER

Very rare in Hawaii under dead coral or rubble at any depth, uncommon elsewhere.  Attains 0.7 inch, 18 mm.  Madagascar to Hawaii and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Mitra (Nebularia) turgida.