 |
Home > Invertebrates
> Shells > Periwinkles
> Echinolittorina hawaiiensis
Updated 2/10/2026
Family
Littorinidae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Echinolittorina
hawaiiensis

HAWAIIAN
PERIWINKLE PIPIPI KŌLEA
| Abundant in clusters on rocky shores just above the waterline.
Shells are dull, with smooth or beaded spiral cords of varying diameter on
blue gray or reddish brown with white clouds. Attains 0.5 inch, 12
mm. Endemic to
Hawaii. Formerly known as Nodilittorina picta. |
|