Blood-stained Frog Shell, Lampasopsis cruentata

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Updated 9/8/2025

Family Bursidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Lampasopsis cruentata



Sharks Cove, Oahu, 25 feet
Kewalo Pipe, Oahu, 50 feet

BLOOD-STAINED FROG SHELL

Fairly common under dead coral and rubble deeper than 30 feet. Shell stout, posterior canal short, aperture blue-white with black lines on columella. Attains 2 inches, 50mm. East Africa to Hawaii and the Tuamotus. Formerly known as Bursa cruentata.