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Updated 12/28/2025

Family Fasciolariidae

WEST PACIFIC / HAWAII

Peristernia chlorostoma

Eggs, Kewalo, Oahu, 50 feet

 

Onekahakaha tidepool, Hawaii

YELLOW-MOUTH SPINDLE

Common under rocks at any depth.  Cream with varying amount of brown, aperture yellow on fully developed shells.  Attains 0.8 inch, 21 mm.  Philippines to Hawaii and the Tuamotus.