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Updated 9/6/2020

Family Haminoeidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Haloa crocata

Kahala, Oahu, 3 feet

CROCUS BUBBLE 

Uncommon with bluegreen algae on shallow reefs.  Shell translucent yellow-brown, animal white with green and brown spots.  The shell attains 0.4 inch, 10 mm.  Mascarenes to Japan, Fiji, and Hawaiii.  Formerly known as Haminoea natalensis.