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Updated 12/1/2025

Family Muricidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Drupa morum

Makapu'u, Oahu, 3 feet, 35 mm

 


Mokapu, Oahu, 3 feet, 39 mm


Juvenile, Makapu'u, Oahu, 18 mm



Hanauma Bay, Oahu, 4 feet

  

MULBERRY DRUPE   MAKALOA

Abundant on limestone reef in shallow water to 30 feet, where it preys upon tube-dwelling worms and bivalves.  The aperture is violet and most shells are eroded and heavily encrusted with coralline algae.  Attains 2 inches, 50 mm.  Red Sea to Hawaii and the Tuamotus.