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Updated 3/21/2026

Family Mitromorphidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Anarithma lachryma



Midway Atoll, 7 mm. @ Kala'i Sim

TEARDROP TURRID

Common under rocks and rubble at any depth.  Attains 0.3 inch, 7 mm.  Mozambique to Japan, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus.  Formerly lumped with Mitrolumna metula.