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Pascula muricata
Updated 12/1/2025
Family
Muricidae
INDO-WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII
Pascula
muricata
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Mokapu, Oahu, 2 feet, 19 mm
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Makapu'u, Oahu, 3 feet, 20 mm
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Makapu'u, Oahu, 3 feet, 17.5 mm
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Makapu'u, Oahu, 3 feet, 15 mm
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Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu
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ORANGE-MOUTH DRUPE
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Abundant under rocks
& dead coral at any depth where it preys upon mollusks. White
with some brown markings, spines aligned into axial ribs, aperture
orange. Shell often encrusted by coralline algae. Attains
0.8 inch, 22 mm.
Madagascar to New Caledonia and Hawaii. Formerly known as Drupella ochrostoma or
Pascula ochrostoma. |
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