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Created 4/6/2026

Family Pyramidellidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Turbonilla thaanumi



Beach drift, Hapuna, Hawaii, 3 mm

 

  

THAANUM'S PYRAMID

Uncommon under rocks in shallow water on byssal threads of Isognomon perna oysters.  Slender and glassy, with 8 convex whorls, 18 curved axial ribs on the last whorl.  Attains 0.1 inch, 3 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.