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Updated  6/24/2024

Family Terebridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Hastula penicillata

Makapu'u, Oahu, 15 feet, 28mm

 

Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 8 feet, 

 

Makua, Oahu, 50 feet, 29mm

 

Puu Kala Pt., Hawaii, 50 feet, 26mm

 

 

Makua, Oahu, 50 feet, 24mm

 

Sharks Cove, Oahu, 35 feet

PENCIL-LINED AUGER

Common at any depth.  Whorls slightly inflated, irregular wavy lines of varying shades of brown, occasionally with dark blotches.  Attains 1.75 inch.  Hastula lanceata has straighter lines.  East Africa to Hawaii and Rapa Nui.