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Updated 12/8/2024

Family Muricidae

INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Murichorda fiscellum

Ala Moana, Oahu, 2 feet, 16 mm

 

 

Kapoho Point, Kailua, Oahu

 

BASKET DRUPE

Uncommon under stones in shallow water where it feeds upon oysters.  The gray shell has a lavender aperture and is usually eroded.  Attains 1.6 inches, 40 mm.  Known from Madagascar, the Philppines, and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Muricodrupa funiculus and Muricodrupa fiscella.