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Updated 6/23/2024

Family Mitridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Strigatella pudica

Nanakuli, Oahu, 35 feet

SHY MITER

Fairly common in sand deeper than 20 feet.  Attains 0.8 inch, 20 mm.  Mascarenes to Micronesia, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Pterygia pudica.