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Updated 4/20/2026
Family Fasciolariidae
& Dolicholatiridae
Spindles
| Spindles have solid shells and prey upon other snails. They have
red flesh and use
corrosive saliva to feed. Egg capsules look like wine glasses with a hole
in the top. |
Yellowmouth Spindle eggs
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HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Fusinus
sandvichensis 
HAWAIIAN SPINDLE
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Cyrtulus mauiensis
MAUI SPINDLE
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Marmorofusus
michaelrogersi
MICHAEL
ROGERS' SPINDLE
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INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
| Peristernia chlorostoma
YELLOWMOUTH SPINDLE
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Peristernia
ustulata
SINGED SPINDLE
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Crassicantharus
noumeensis
GOLD-BANDED SPINDLE
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Nodolatirus
nodatus
KNOBBY SPINDLE
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Turrilatirus
craticulatus
WICKERWORK SPINDLE
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CALIFORNIA
| Kelletia
kelletii
KELLETT'S WHELK
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TROPICAL
WESTERN ATLANTIC
| Pleuroploca
gigantea
FLORIDA HORSE CONCH
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Fasciolaria
tulipa
TRUE TULIP |
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