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Updated 12/16/2012
Family
Nassaridae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC
/ HAWAII
Nassarius
papillosus
Ala Moana, Oahu, 50 feet, 45mm
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South Kona, Hawaii |
Waikiki Aquarium |
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PIMPLED
BASKET
| Fairly common in sand under
dead coral deeper than 20 feet. Animal white splashed with black.
Emerges to feed upon carrion at night. Attains 2 inches, 52mm.
East Africa to Okinawa, Hawaii, and the Marquesas. |
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