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Updated 1/10/2025

Family Neritidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Nerita polita

Kaupo, Oahu

 

 

Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii

 


Savusavu Bay, Fiji
   

POLISHED NERITE    KUPE'E

Locally common in sand under boulders at the water's edge.  Gray with various colors.  Attains 1.25 inch.  Hawaii & the Indo-West Pacific.