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Updated 12/2/2025

Family Colubrariidae

CIRCUMTROPICAL / HAWAII

Colubraria obscura



Oahu (David Watts collection)

 

OBSCURE DWARF TRITON

Uncommon in sand under rocks deeper than 25 feet.  Spire straight, widely-spaced beads aligned into spirals.  Attains 2.3 inches, 60 mm.  Red Sea to Hawaii and the Tuamotus; Florida to Brazil.