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Created 4/6/2026

Family Pyramidellidae

EAST INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Odostomella opaca



Beach drift, Hapuna, Hawaii, 1.5 mm

 

  

ROSE PYRAMID

Uncommon under rocks or rubble at any depth.  Stout, with a bulbous protoconch, glossy purplish-red with 3-5 slightly inflated whorls and curved axial ribs.  Attains 0.1 inch, 2 mm.  Cocos-Keeling to Okinawa, Micronesia, and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Odostomia patricia var. rosa.