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Updated 8/25/2025

Family Epitoniidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Epitonium sandwichense

Paukukalo, Maui, 10 mm

HAWAIIAN WENTLETRAP

Rare and usually found empty.  Slender with 16 ribs per whorl, interspaces with equally-spaced spiral threads.  Attains 0.4 inch, 10 mm.  Tropical Australia to Fiji and Hawaii.  Formerly known as Epitonium kanemoe.