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Updated 9/19/2022

Family Cerithiidae

ASIAN PACIFIC / HAWAII

Ittibittium parcum



Kane'ohe Bay, Oahu, 3 feet, 5 mm

ITTY-BITTY HORN

Abundant on filamentous algae or within algal mat of shallow reefs and tidepools .  Cream or dark brown.  Attains 0.3 inch, 6 mm.  Malacca Strait to Hawaii and the Society Islands.  Formerly known as Bittium parcum.