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Created 4/3/2026

Family Mitridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Strigatella luctuosa

 

Waianae, Oahu, 60 feet
 

MOURNFUL MITER

Uncommon under dead coral deeper than 15 feet.  Slender, with spiral rows of pits becoming grooves on the base, dark brown with a faint peripheral band.  Attains 1.4 inches, 35 mm.  South Africa to Hong Kong, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Mitra (Nebularia) luctuosa.