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Updated 10/4/2025

Family Tellinidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Tellinella crucigera

 

Kewalo, Oahu, 80 feet

 

RED-STREAKED TELLIN

Empty shells are fairly common on sand deeper than 20 feet.  Attains 2 inches.  Red Sea to Hawaii and the Tuamotus.  Formerly known as Tellina crucigera.