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Updated 8/20/2025

Family Terebridae

HAWAII

Myurellopsis columellaris

Kahe Point, Oahu, 50 feet, 25mm

 

Nanakuli, Oahu, 30 feet, 28mm

 

Punalu'u, Oahu, 5 feet, 35mm

 

Sand Island Pipe, Oahu, 90 feet, 35mm

 

Makua, Oahu, 30 feet

 

COLUMNAR AUGER

Fairly common at any depth.  Shell moderately slender, low curved ribs, grooves with punctate spirals.  Orange with white spirals & blotches.  Attains 3.8 inches, 96mm.  Easily confused with, or a form of Myurella nebulosa.  Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Terebra columellaris.