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Updated 12/12/2024

Family Muricidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Amplidrupa aperta 

Makapu'u, Oahu, 6 feet, 65mm

 

 

Lanai Lookout, Oahu

OPEN DRUPE

Locally common on rock faces in the surf zone.  Feeds upon limpetsAttains 3 inches.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Drupa aperta, Purpura aperta and Thais aperta.