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Updated 10/19/2025

Family Cymatiidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Septa occidentalis beui



@ Hank Lynch


@ Padgett Carpenter
   

BEU'S TRITON

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