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Updated 10/8/2025

Family Costellariidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Vexillum tusum



Kawaihae, Hawaii, 40 feet

POINTED MITER

Rare in dead coral or rubble deeper than 30 feet.  Attains 0.5 inch,12 mm.  Red Sea to Hawaii and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Vexillum (Pusia) tusum.