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Updated 12/27/2025

Family Terebridae

Augers

Augers are related to cone shells and turrids, a group that uses a harpoon-like radular tooth to inject venom to capture worms.  Their slender  shells are designed for plowing through sand leaving a trail behind them.  A few prefer drifting up-and-down sloping beaches with the surf while hunting, quickly burying between waves at the water's edge.  Most prefer clean sand adjacent to the reef.  Most species occur at deeper scuba depths.  Horn Shells differ from augers in having a recurved siphonal canal and herbivorous diet.

 

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Oxymeris gouldi

GOULD'S AUGER 

 

Duplicaria costellifera

THAANUM'S AUGER 

 

Oxymeris suffusa

HAWAIIAN CAT AUGER

 

Hastula betsyae

HAWAIIAN PENCIL-LINED AUGER

Terebra achates

HAWAIIAN DARK-SPOTTED AUGER

 

Terebra nodularis 

NODULAR AUGER

Hastula tiedemani 

TIEDEMAN'S AUGER   

 

Hastula medipacifica 

HAWAIIAN WHITE-BANDED AUGER

 

Punctoterebra plumbea

LEADEN AUGER 

 

Punctoterebra rosacea

ROSY AUGER 

Myurella affinis f. peasii

PEASE'S AUGER 

 

 
   

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Myurella affinis

RELATED AUGER

 

Oxymeris cerithina

CERITH-LIKE AUGER

 

Myurellopsis columellaris

COLUMNAR AUGER

 

Myurella nebulosa

CLOUDED AUGER

 

Myurella flavofasciata

YELLOW-BANDED AUGER

 

Myurellopsis undulata

UNDULATED AUGER

 

Myurella amoena

CHARMING AUGER

Myurella pertusa

PERFORATED AUGER

 

Myurellopsis paucistriata

LIGHTLY- STRIATED AUGER

 

Myurellopsis kilburni

KILBURN'S AUGER

 

Oxymeris chlorata

PINK-SPOTTED AUGER

 

Oxymeris maculata

Terebra maculata, Oahu

MARLINSPIKE AUGER

 

Oxymeris felina

CAT AUGER

 

Oxymeris areolata

DARK-SPOTTED AUGER

 

Terebra guttata

WHITE-SPOTTED AUGER

 

Oxymeris dimidiata

ORANGE AUGER

 

Terebra argus

EYED AUGER

 

Hastula hectica

HECTIC AUGER

 

Oxymeris crenulata

CRENULATED AUGER

 

Myurella pygmaea

PYGMY AUGER

Terebra funiculata

CORDED AUGER

 

Terebra archimedis

ARCHIMEDES' AUGER

 

Terebra amanda

AMANDA'S AUGER

 

Terebra babylonia

BABYLONIAN AUGER

 

Hastula solida

Hastula solida, Oahu

SOLID AUGER

Hastula inconstans

INCONSTANT AUGER

 

Hastula lanceata

LANCE AUGER

 

Hastula strigilata

PAINTED AUGER

 

Hastula lauta

SEA AUGER

 

Hastula strigilata f. verreauxi

VERREAUX'S AUGER

 

Punctoterebra swainsoni

SWAINSON'S AUGER

 

Punctoterebra nitida

SHINY AUGER