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Created 4/3/2026

Family Mitridae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Strigatella lugubris

 

Subfossil, Sand Island, Oahu
 

DARK MITER

Uncommon under dead coral deeper than 15 feet.  Stout, with spiral rows of pits, subtle axial ribs, and scattered coronations below the suture, dark brown with a broad white zone below the suture, dead shells fading orange.  Attains 1.6 inches, 40 mm.  Okinawa to Hawaii and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Mitra (Nebularia) lugubris.