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Updated 10/19/2025

Family Cymatiidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Monoplex intermedius



Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

INTERMEDIATE HAIRY TRITON

Fairly common under stones at any depth.  Aperture pale orange, columella black with white teeth.  Attains 2.4 inches, 60mm.  Philippines to Hawaii and the Marquesas.  Formerly known as Cymatium intermedium.