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Updated 4/6/2026

Family Pyramidellidae

Pyramid Shells

Pyramid shells are predatory or parasitic on worms and bivalve mollusks, and tend to be found in eutrophic waters.  Many species are tiny or glassy and fragile.

 

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Evalea eclecta

PEASE'S PYRAMID

 

 Evalea waikikiensis

WAIKIKI PYRAMID

Nesiodostomella tertia

THIRD PYRAMID

 

 Nesiodostomella quarta

FOURTH PYRAMID
Turbonilla lirata

LIRATE PYRAMID

 

 Turbonilla thaanumi

THAANUM'S PYRAMID

 
Odostomia gulicki

GULICK'S PYRAMID

 

 
   

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Pyramidella dolabrata

RINGED PYRAMID

 

  

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Turbonilla varicosa

SWOLLEN PYRAMID

 

 Otopleura mitralis

MITER PYRAMID
Odostomella opaca

ROSE PYRAMID

 

 Herviera gliriella

DORMOUSE PYRAMID
Odostomia oxia

ACIDIC PYRAMID

 

 Pyrgulina oodes

BEETLE PYRAMID

 
Longchaeus maculosus

SPOTTED PYRAMID