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Updated 4/18/2026

Family Triphoridae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Metaxia brunnicephala 



Beach drift, Hapuna, Hawaii, 3 mm
   

BROWN-TIP TRIPHORID

Uncommon deeper than 30 feet.  Coiled to the right, conic, white with inflated whorls, protoconch of four brown whorls, four spiral keels, uppermost obsolete, strong axial threads dividing threads into tubercles, suture deeply impressed.  Attains 0.1 inch, 3 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.