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Updated 10/19/2025

Family Cymatiidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Monoplex intermedius



Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet

INTERMEDIATE HAIRY TRITON

Fairly common under stones at any depth.  Varices with dark brown bands, aperture peach, columella with black and white lines.  The most common hairy triton in Hawaii.  Attains 2.4 inches, 60 mm.  Philippines to Hawaii and the Marquesas.  Formerly known as Cymatium intermedium.