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Updated 12/26/2025

Family Bursidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Dulcerana granularis

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

 

 

GRANULATED FROG SHELL

Uncommon in shallow water under rocks, where it preys upon segmented worms.  Shell moderately flattened, aperture white with dark folds on columella.  Attains 3.3 inches, 83 mm.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, French Polynesia; Gulf of Mexico to the Lesser Antilles.  Formerly known as Bursa granularis.