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Created 1/24/2026

Family Raphitomidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Kermia aniani

Ewa, Oahu, 50 feet, 5 mm

 

ANIANI TURRID

Locally common under dead coral deeper than 30 feet.  Glossy brown with a faint white spiral on last whorl.  Attains 0.2 inch, 5 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Aniani is the Hawaiian word for shiny or mirror.