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Updated 10/19/2025

Family Cymatiidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Septa occidentalis beui



Oahu  (Hank Lynch collection)


Oahu (Padgett Carpenter collection)
   

BEU'S TRITON

Uncommon at deeper than 20 feet under dead coral or rubble.  Color variable, stout and rugged sculpture.  Long confused with the Ruby Triton.  Attains 2.4 inches, 60 mm.  Endemic Hawaiian subspecies, parent species occurs in the tropics worldwide.  Formerly known as  Cymatium occidentale.