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Updated 11/2/2025

Family Costellariidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Vexillum modestum

Nanakuli, Oahu, 35 feet, 15 mm

 

Puu Kala Pt., Hawaii, 50 feet, 11 mm

 

Sea Tiger Wreck, Oahu, 80 feet

 

MODEST MITER

Common in sand over hard reef deeper than 20 feet.  Tall with an angled shoulder and pink base.  Attains 0.6 inch, 15 mm.  East Africa to Hawaii and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Vexillum (Costellaria) modestum.