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Created 4/6/2026

Family Pyramidellidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Turbonilla lirata




Beach drift, Hapuna, Hawaii, 2 mm

 

  

LIRATE PYRAMID

Locally common under rocks or rubble at any depth.  Slender and glassy, with 5 to 7 convex whorls, 24 curved axial ribs on the last whorl.  Attains 0.2 inch, 4 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Turbonilla kahoolawensis is a synonym.