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Updated 10/7/2026
Family
Turbinidae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
Turbo sandwicensis
Makapu'u, Oahu, 4 feet
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Ma'ili Point, Oahu, 3 feet
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Midway Atoll, 19 mm @ Kala'i Sim
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Juvenile, Kaloko, Oahu, 6 mm
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Wailupe, Oahu, 3 feet
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Kapoho tidepool, Hawaii
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Koke'e Beach tidepool, Oahu |
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HAWAIIAN TURBAN
KĀMOA
| Common under stones or in crevices in shallow water. Color and
sculpture variable between individuals, small juveniles are orange. The interior is pearly, and
the domed calcareous operculum is nicknamed 'cat's eye'. Attains at
least 2.6 inches, 65 mm, and larger subfossil shells have been found with loosely coiled
whorls. Endemic to Hawaii.
Indo-West Pacific Turbo argyrostomus has been collected at Midway Atoll. |
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