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Created 4/6/2026

Family Pyramidellidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pyrgulina oodes



Beach drift, Hapuna, Hawaii, 2 mm

 

  

BEETLE PYRAMID

Common under rocks or rubble in harbors and outer reefs.  Ovate and glassy, protoconch almost flat, five slightly inflated whorls with curved axial ribs reaching the base, interspaces with spiral threads, and one tooth on the columella.  Attains 0.1 inch, 2 mm.  Northern Australia to Hawaii and the Society Islands.