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Updated 8/13/2020

Family Eulimidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Eulima major

Makapu'u tidepool, Oahu

THAANUM'S EULIMID

Uncommon under stones or rubble.  Shell flexed to the right, semi-transparent, >9 convex whorls with spiral varices, suture impressed, outer lip arching forward.  Animal green or yellow.  Attains 1.5 inch.  Indo-West Pacific including Hawaii.  Formerly known as Balcis thaanumi.