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Created 12/18/2025

Family Cymatiidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Ranularia sarcostoma


Talibon, Bohol, P.I., 50 feet, 83.7mm
   

FLESH-MOUTHED TRITON

Rare in Hawaii deeper than 100 feet, and uncommon elsewhere at any depth, in sand, rubble, or under rocks.  Orange-brown with wihite on varices, aperture flesh colored.  Attains 4 inches, 103mm.  East Africa to the Philippines, New Caledonia, and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Cymatium sarcostomum.