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Updated 8/26/2025

Family Nassaridae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Nassarius splendidulus

Makua, Oahu, 40 feet, 14mm

 

SPLENDID BASKET

Locally common in sand deeper than 20 feet.  Attains 1 inch, 25mm, but the average is half that.  Red Sea to Hawaii and French Polynesia.  Formerly misidentified in Hawaii as Nassarius crematus.