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Updated 8/24/2025
Family
Terebridae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Oxymeris felina
Nanakuli, Oahu, 25 feet, 32mm |
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CAT AUGER
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Rare in Hawaii but
common elsewhere in sand at any depth.
Smooth with a shallow subsutural band and one row of brown spots. Attains
3.5 inches, 90mm. Red Sea to Hawaii and the Society Islands.
Formerly known as Terebra felina, and similar to the Hawaiian endemic
Oxymeris suffusa. |
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