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Created 11/18/2022

Family Neritidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Smaragdia tragena



Kawaihae, Hawaii

 

CHECKERED SEAGRASS NERITE

Feeds upon the seagrass Halophila on silty sand flats.  Feeding scars appear as transparent sections on the plant.  Attains 6mm.  Reunion to French Polynesia, a recent intoduction to Hawaii.