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Updated 8/20/2025

Family Terebridae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Punctoterebra plumbea 

Kahe Pt., Oahu, 35 feet, 20mm

 

Puako, Hawaii, 80 feet

 

ADJOINED AUGER

Uncommon at scuba depths.  Glossy brown with closely-spaced pale ribs, subsutural band of deep punctures.  Attains 1.5 inch.   Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Terebra contigua.