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Updated 8/20/2025

Family Terebridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Myurellopsis kilburni

Kahe Pt., Oahu, 50 feet, 19mm

 

KILBURN'S AUGER

Very rare at scuba depths.  Shell slender, sharp curved axial ribs with spiral grooves.  Color variable.  Attains 1 inch, 25mm.   Red Sea to Hawaii and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Terebra kilburni.