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Updated 8/25/2025

Family Epitoniidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Epitonium umbilicatum

Kapoho Point, Oahu, 18 mm

UMBILICATE WENTLETRAP

Rare in sand at any depth, usually found empty.  White occasionally with brown splashes, thin ribs with fine spiral & axial striae.  Attains 0.7 inch, 18 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.  Formerly known as Epitonium oahuense.