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Updated 1/10/2025

Family Littorinidae

INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII

Peasiella tantilla



Kapoho Point, Kailua, Oahu, 5 mm

Diamond Head, Oahu

 

Puako, Hawaii

KEELED PERIWINKLE   MAKAHĀLILI

Common as clusters in splash pools and crevices of the high intertidal zone.  Shells are variable, with or without strong spiral keels, yellowish tan to reddish brown with a lattice pattern of fine dark lines.  Attains 0.2 inch, 5 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.