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Updated 4/22/2026

Family Turbinidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Homalopoma verruca



Kaupo, Oahu, 3 feet, 4 mm

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

 


Kaloko, Oahu

WARTY TURBAN    KAHELELANI

Common under stones at any depth.  White banded with variable brown dashes, fading red after death, interior pearly, operculum calcareous.  Attains 0.25 inch, 6 mm.  Utilized in Ni'ihau shell lei.  Marshall Islands, Samoa, and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Leptothyra verruca and Collonista verruca.