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> Talostolida pellucens pellucens
Updated 9/29/2025
Family
Cypraeidae
CENTRAL PACIFIC / HAWAII
Talostolida pellucens pellucens
Sand Is., Oahu, 10 feet,
29mm
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Oahu. @ Padgett Carpenter
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100 ft. Hole, Waikiki, Oahu, 85 feet
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Juvenile, Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu
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Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 4
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Sand Island, Oahu, 12 feet
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Puako, Hawaii |
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ALISON'S COWRY
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Fairly common on red sponge in dead coral heads, under
slabs, and caverns. Lacks dark spots on base, calloused only on outer lip.
Attains 2.5 inches. Hawaii
and the Central Pacific. Formerly reported from Hawaii as Cypraea teres
and Cypraea alisonae. |
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