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Created 3/9/2026

Family Triviidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Trivirostra shawi

Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu, 6 feet, 6 mm

 

SHAW'S TRIVIA

Uncommon under rocks or rubble deeper than 30 feet.  Tapering extremities, dorsal groove broadly impressed but crossed by 22 ribs, aperture straight.  Attains 0.3 inch, 8 mm.  Java to Okinawa, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.  Formerly known as Trivirostra edgari shawi.