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Updated 10/27/2025

Family Haminoeidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Lamprohaminoea cymbalum



Mokapu, Oahu

Keahole Point tidepool, Hawaii

 

Sliding Rock tidepool, Tutuila, American Samoa


Mokapu, Oahu, 3 feet
  
 

 CYMBAL BUBBLE   PŪPŪ LEHOLEHO

Seasonally abundant with bluegreen algae on shallow reefs and in tidepools.  Shell transparent, animal translucent green with orange dots and large orange areas linked by white.  The shell attains 0.4 inch, 10 mm.  South Africa to Japan, Hawaii, and Pitcairn.  Animals with less white and purple dots may be a genetic variation or undescribed species.