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Updated 7/3/2023

Family Muricidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Drupa morum

Makapu'u, Oahu, 3 feet, 35mm

 


Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet
  

MULBERRY DRUPE

Abundant on hard reef in shallow water to 30 feet.  Heavily encrusted with coralline algae.  Feeds upon limestone-boring invertebrates.  Attains 1.5 inch.  Red Sea to Hawaii and the Tuamotus.