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Updated 4/11/2026

Family Rastodentidae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Rastodens brevilabiosa



Pillars bench, Oahu, 1.5 mm


Hapuna, Hawaii, beach drift, 1.5 mm
   

SHORT-LIP RASTODENS

Inhabits algal mat on reefs at any depth.  The shell is transparent brown with 3 slightly convex whorls, and the sharp outer lip is does not extend downward.  Attains 0.1 inch, 2 mm.  Endemic to Hawaii.