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Updated 10/19/2025

Family Cymatiidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Septa rubecula



Oahu. @ Padgett Carpenter

Okoe Bay, Hawaii, 45 feet

 


Paradise Taveuni, Fiji, 8 feet
   

RUBY TRITON

Uncommon at scuba depths in coral rubble.  Color ranges from red to brown, aperture white.  Similar to Beu's Triton but more elongate and finely sculptured.  Attains 2.2 inches, 55mm.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Cymatium rubeculum.