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Family Janthinidae

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Janthina exigua

DWARF VIOLET SNAIL

Uncommon on beaches after winter storms.  Blue-purple with a V-shaped notch in the outer lip.  Attains 1.2 inches, 30 mm, but normally half that size in Hawaii.  Worldwide in warm seas.