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Updated 11/4/2025

Family Muricidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pterynotus elongatus



Oahu (David Watts collection)


Okinawa
(Steve Kneebone collection)

Beach collected, South Maui

(Grace Doyle collection)

 
   
   

ELONGATE or CLUB MUREX

Rare in crevices on limestone or among coral rubble deeper than 50 feet.  White with, yellow, orange, or tan, sometime with a pink aperture.  Attains 4 inches, 100 mm.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia.