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Family Epitoniidae

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Epitonium lamellosum

Paukukalo, Maui, 24mm

 

Paukukalo, Maui, 22mm

 

Paukukalo, Maui

PERPLEXED WENTLETRAP

Occasionally common in shallow water inhabited by hermit crabs, rarely found alive.  Attains 1 inch.  Worldwide in warm seas.  Formerly known in the Pacific as Epitonium perplexum.