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Created 3/12/2026

Family Cerithiidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Cerithidium perparvulum



Beach drift, Hapuna, Hawaii, 2 mm

TINY HORN

Common in sediment, especially at depths greater than 30 feet.  Glassy cream or brown, thin inflated whorls impressed suture, axial ribs beaded by spiral threads.  Attains 0.1 inch, 2 mm.  Red Sea to Japan, Hawaii, and French Polynesia; Eastern Mediterranean via the Suez Canal.