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Family Rissoidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Rissoina cerithiiformis

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

OCHRE-BANDED RISSO

Very common under stones or rubble at any depth.  Flat whorls with fine axial ribs granulated by spiral grooves.  White with orange-brown spirals just above the suture.  Attains 4mm.  Hawaii & the Indo-West Pacific.  Formerly known as Rissoina miltozona.