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Updated 6/24/2024

Family Terebridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Terebra (Myurella) cf. amoena

Terebra amoena, Oahu

Faga'alu, American Samoa, 30 feet

CHARMING AUGER

Very rare at scuba depths in Hawaii, uncommon elsewhere.  Inflated whorls clouded with brown.  Attains 2 inches.   Red Sea to Hawaii and Samoa.  This may be an unidentified species similar to T. amoena.