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Created 6/17/2025

Family Tellinidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Tonganaella perna



Kalaupapa, Moloka'i
   

FOLDED TELLIN

Empty shells are uncommon on sand deeper than 50 feet.  Attains 3 inches.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and Tonga.  Formerly known as Tellina (Pharonaella) perna.