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Updated 10/19/2025

Family Cymatiidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Monoplex pilearis



Pearl Harbor, Oahu.
@Padgett Carpenter

Kaneohe, Oahu, 260 feet

COMMON HAIRY TRITON

Rare under stones at any depth but prefers deep water.  White denticles extending into dark orange aperture, columella lined brown & white.  Attains 5.5 inches, 140mm.  Tropics worldwide.  Formerly known as Cymatium pileare.