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Updated 6/23/2024

Family Mitridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Carinomitra typha

Portlock, Oahu, 25 feet, 11 mm

CAT-TAIL MITER

Fairly common under dead or rubble deeper than 30 feet.  Attains 0.5 inch, 12 mm.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Mitra (Strigatella) typha and Strigatella micans.