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Updated 1/23/2026
Turrids
| A diverse group of families with a venomous barb to
capture prey. They inhabit rock, rubble or sand and have a distinctive posterior notch on the outer
lip. Most attain less than 1 inch, not especially common in
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Family Turridae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
| Xenuroturris
cerithiformis
HORN TURRID
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Xenuroturris
kingae
KING'S TURRID
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Eugemmula monilifera
NECKLACE TURRID
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Xenuroturris
castanellus
CASTANELLA TURRID
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INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
| Turridrupa bijubata
CRESTED TURRID
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Turridrupa
albofasciata
WHITE-BANDED TURRID
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| Turridrupa
astricta
RELAXED TURRID
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Turridrupa
consobrina
NIECE TURRID
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| Turridrupa
weaveri
WEAVER'S TURRID
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Family Clathurellidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
| Lienardia mighelsi
MIGHELS' TURRID
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Family Horaiclavidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
| Carinapex
minutissima
TINY TURRID
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Family Mangeliidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
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Macteola interrupta
INTERRUPTED TURRID
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Family Mitromorphidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
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Lovellona peaseana
PEASE'S TURRID
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Anarithma metula
METULA TURRID
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Family Rhaphitomidae
HAWAII - ENDEMIC
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Paradaphne interrupta
INTERRUPTED DAPHNELLA
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Diaugasma sandwicensis
HAWAIIAN DAPHNELLA
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Kermia aniani
ANIANI DAPHNELLA
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INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
| Tritonoturris
cumingii
CUMING'S TURRID
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Tritonoturris
amabilis
LOVELY TURRID
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Asperdaphne aureola
HALO DAPHNELLA
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Paradaphne ornata
ORNATE DAPHNELLA
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Kermidaphnella pumila
SMALL DAPHNELLA
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