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Updated 12/2/2025

Family Acteonidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Pupa tessellata



Kahe, Oahu, 30 feet, 14mm

Wailupe, Oahu, 12 feet

 

CHECKERED PUPA 

Fairly common in sand at any depth.  Attains 0.75 inch, 18mm.  Recorded from scattered subtropical locations including the Red Sea, Eastern Australia, Japan, Hawaii, and the Society Islands.