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Created 4/29/2026

Family Triviidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Purpurcapsula exigua



Ft. Kamehameha, Oahu, 25 feet
(David Lum collection)
   

PINK TRIVIA

Uncommon under dead coral or rubble at any depth, typically collected from beach drift.  White with pink blotches and produced extremities, shape and sculpture differs by sex.  The most familiar pink trivia known in Hawaii.  Attains 0.2 inch, 6 mm.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Trivia exigua.