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Created 11/4/2025

Family Costellariidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Nebularia contracta



West Oahu
(David Watts collection)

CONTRACTED MITER

Rare in sand over hard substrate deeper than 20 feet.  Attains 2.4 inches, 60 mm.  Mauritius to Micronesia, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Mitra (Nebularia) contracta.