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Updated 12/2/2025

Family Acteonidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pupa tessellata



Kahe, Oahu, 30 feet, 14 mm

Wailupe, Oahu, 12 feet

 

CHECKERED PUPA 

Fairly common in sand at any depth.  Shell coated with yellow periostracum.  Attains 0.75 inch, 18 mm.  Recorded from scattered subtropical locations including the Red Sea, Eastern Australia, Japan, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.