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Created 9/12/2025

Family Costellariidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Eupusia emiliae



Waianae, Oahu, 105 feet

EMILIA'S MITER

Rare under dead coral or rubble deeper than 30 feet.  Dark brown with a pale peripheral band, keeled axial ribs cut by a subsutural groove, fading on the last whorl.  Attains 0.5 inch, 12 mm.  Philippines to Hawaii and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Vexillum (Pusia) emiliae.