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Created 12/18/2025

Family Cymatiidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Ranularia pyrum


Talibon, Bohol, Philippines, 75 feet, 84mm
   

PEAR TRITON

Rare in Hawaii deeper than 70 feet, and fairly common elsewhere at any depth, in sand, under rocks, or rubble.  Robust, orange, some with white on varices, aperture pale or white.  Attains 5 inches, 130mm.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Cymatium pyrum.