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Updated 10/19/2025

Family Cymatiidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Gutturnium muricinum

   
   
   
   

KNOBBY TRITON

Fairly common on oysters or under rocks in shallow water.  Color variable, aperture purple, siphonal canal long and tubular.  Attains 3.2 inches, 80 mm.  Tropics worldwide.  Formerly known as Cymatium muricinum.