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Created 11/21/2025

Family Cymatiidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Linatella caudata

Koloa Landing, Kauai, 32 mm

(Hank Lynch collection)

 
   

GIRDLED TRITON

Rare among oysters and pen shells deeper than 100 feet.  Cream with variable brown cords.  Shells pictured lack a fully-developed outer lip.  Attains 2.8 inches, 70 mm.  Tropics worldwide.  Formerly known as Cymatium cingulatum.