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Updated 12/16/2012

Family Nassaridae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Nassarius papillosus

Ala Moana, Oahu, 50 feet, 45mm

 

South Kona, Hawaii

Waikiki Aquarium

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.