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Created 11/2/2025

Family Cymatiidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Turritriton labiosus



Pearl Harbor, Oahu, 24 mm
(Kala'i Sim collection)


Bohol, Philippines, 50 feet, 20 mm

   

WIDE-LIPPED TRITON

Rarely found in Hawaii in deep water, and recent finds in Pearl Harbor are probably ship transports from Guam.  Color variable.  Attains 2 inches, 50 mm.  Tropical Atlantic, South Africa to Micronesia and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Cymatium labiosum.