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Family
Epitoniidae
Wentletraps
| Wentletraps are fragile, intricate shells that are rarely encountered
alive. They emerge from sand at night to feed on sea anemones or
coral. Empty shells inhabited by hermit crabs may appear in great
quantities from time to time. |
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HAWAII
| Epitonium
lamellosum
PERPLEXED WENTLETRAP
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Epitonium
replicatum
WINGED WENTLETRAP
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| Epitonium
sandwichense
HAWAIIAN WENTLETRAP 
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Epitonium
umbilicatum
UMBILICATE WENTLETRAP
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| Epifungium
ulu
MUSHROOM- CORAL WENTLETRAP
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