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Milolii, Kauai

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:55:31 -0700

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Artifacts in cave.

Milolii, Kauai

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Fri, 04 May 2012 01:55:04 -0700

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Artifacts in cave.

Vitularia miliaris

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:03:05 -0700

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Synonyms: Vitularia sandwicensis.

Common Name: Spotted Vitularia.

Adult Size: 35 mm.

Habitat: This species occurs at depths of 30 to 60 m; elsewhere in the Indo-West Pacific V. militaris occurs in shallow water or even exposed on reefs at low tide (Cernohorsky, 1967b) (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 239; Severns, 2000: 111

Vexilla vexillum

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:01:51 -0700

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Synonyms: Vexilla taeniata.

Common Name: Flag Rock Shell.

Adult Size: 24 mm.

Location: V. vexillum occurs throughout the Indo-West Pacific (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: The animals are found on the sea urchins Echinometra and Colobocentrotus (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 252; Severns, 2000: 117

Umbonium vestiarium

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:01:11 -0700

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Vexillum approximatum

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:02:05 -0700

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Common Name: Approximate Miter.

Adult Size: 20 mm.

Location: V. approximatum appears to be restricted in its distribution to Polynesia and the Hawaiian Islands (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: Specimens have been dredged at depths of more than 30 m and shells are also known from subfossil material dredged from Honolulu Harbor, Oahu and beach drift in the Leeward Islands (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 324; Severns, 2000: 164

Turbo sandwicensis

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:00:26 -0700

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Synonyms: Turbo semicostatus, T. semicostatus, T. intercostalis, Marmorostoma intercostalium.

Common Name: Hawaiian Turban.

Adult Size: 90 mm.

Location: T. sandwicensis was described from the Hawaiian Islands. Although the Hawaiian shells resemble T. argyrostomus Linnaeus, 1758, which is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, certain features are consistently distinctive. Within the Hawaiian chain, T. sandwicensis displays marked variability (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These mollusks are common under rocks in shallow waters shoreward of fringing reefs and on the outer edges of reefs; worn shells were dredged by the Albatross at depths of 56 to 86 m (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 58-59; Severns, 2000: 28

Vexillum cancellariodes

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:02:35 -0700

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Synonyms: Mitra nodosa.

Common Name: Nodose Miter.

Adult Size: 15 mm.

Location: This species is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, ranging from the Seychelles Islands to southern Japan, Micronesia (Mariana and Marshall Islands), and Polynesia (Fiji, Tonga, Cook, and Line Islands) (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These costellarids are common, found in the habitat of Drupa ricina (Drupa ricinus) and Morula granulata on surf-splashed boulders in the intertidal zone (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 325; Severns, 2000: 164

Vexillum lautum

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:02:49 -0700

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Synonyms: Mitra consanguinea; Mitra adamsi.

Common Name: Elegant Miter.

Adult Size: 14 mm.

Location: V. lautum is widely distributed throughout the Pacific, from the Philippines to southern Japan, New Caledonia, Micronesia (Marshall Islands) and Polynesia (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: V. lautum is one of the commonest shallow-water costellarids, found under rocks in tide pools and shoreward of fringing reefs (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 327-328; Severns, 2000: 165

Canarium maculatum

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:54:58 -0700

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Synonym: Strombus maculatus.

Common Name: Spotted Stromb.

Adult Size: 32 mm.

Location: S. maculates ranges through the Pacific from Micronesia and eastern Polynesia to Easter Island (Abbott, 1960). This species is much more abundant in the Hawaiian Islands and Marshall Islands than it is elsewhere in its range (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: This is the only commonly occurring stromboid in the Hawaiian Islands, found on intertidal solution benches and to depths of 2 m (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 172; Morris, 1966: 227; Severns, 2000: 43

Drupa aperta

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:52:00 -0700

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Synonyms: Purpura aperta, Purpura macrostoma.

Common Name: Open Dye Shell.

Adult Size: 70 mm.

Location: Pease (1868a) and Cernohorsky (1927a) suggest that P. aperta is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands, but shells which appear to represent the same species from Oshima, Japan, are in the Dautzenberg Collection in Belgium, and have also been collected at Enewetak, Marshall Islands (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These mollusks occur along exposed shoreline in areas which receive heavy surf, where they feed on opihi (Cellana spp.) (Kay, 1979).

Remarks: The animals were eaten by the Hawaiians (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 251; Severns, 2000: 117

Nerita polita

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:48:51 -0700

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Common Name: Polished Nerite.

Hawaiian Name: kupe'e.

Adult Size: 30 mm.

Location: N. polita is a well-known species throughout the Indo-West Pacific (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These mollusks live beneath the surface of the sand among boulders at the high-tide line; seldom seen during the day, the snails emerge at night, plowing through the sand and crawling up the algal covered rocks on which they feed (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 64; Morris, 1966: 221; Severns, 2000: 32

Mitra papalis

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:44:40 -0700

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Common Name: Papal Miter.

Adult Size: 132 mm.

Location: M. papalis occurs from East Africa to southern Japan, the Ryukyu Islands, Polynesia, and Clipperton Island (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These miters are fairly common at depths of from 6 to 50 m in sand or silt (Kay, 1979).

Remarks: When disturbed the animals secrete a purple dye (Cross, 1967d) (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 296; Severns, 2000: 153

Morula dumosa

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:46:06 -0700

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Synonyms: Morula porphyrostoma.

Location: M. dumosa was described from the Hawaiian Islands (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: Specimens are common under rocks in the shallow water shoreward of fringing reefs among the windward islands and abundant on the reef flats at French Frigate Shoals and Lisiansky (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 247

Littoraria pintado

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:40:53 -0700

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Synonyms: Littorina pintado, Littorina ambigua, L. serialis.

Common Name: Dotted Periwinkle; Speckled Periwinkle.

Adult Size: 20 mm.

Location: L. pintado was described from the Hawaiian Islands, but is widely distributed throughout the Indo-West Pacific from East Africa to Clipperton Island (L. pintado schmitti) (Rosewater, 1970) (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These littorines are abundant with Nodilittorina picta in the supratidal region along all rocky shores from Midway to Hawaii (Kay, 1979).

Remarks: Listed by Severns as Littoraria pintado.

References: Kay, 1979: 72-73; Morris, 1966: 222; Severns, 2000: 35

Littoraria pintado

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:40:41 -0700

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Morula uva

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:46:34 -0700

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Synonyms: Morula nodus.

Common Name: Grape Morula, Grape Drupe.

Adult Size: 20 mm.

Location: M. uva occurs throughout the Indo-West Pacific (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: M. uva is found on basalt shorelines and reefs, in protected areas and where there is heavy surf action (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 249; Morris, 1966: 241; Severns, 2000: 116

Benimakia nodata

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:40:21 -0700

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Synonyms: Latirus nodatus, Latirus nodus.

Common Name: Nodular Latirus, Knobby Spindle.

Adult Size: 90 mm.

Location: L. nodatus is apparently limited in its distribution to the tropical Pacific (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These fasciolarids occur on hard substrates at depths of 8 to 24 m in the windward islands and on the reef flat at French Frigate Shoals (Kay, 1979).

References: Kay, 1979: 278-279; Morris, 1966: 243; Severns, 2000: 134

Morula dumosa

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:45:56 -0700

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Neocancilla papilio

nobody@flickr.com (University of Hawaii Museum) — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:47:35 -0700

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Common Name: Langford's Miter.

Adult Size: 28 mm.

Location: N. papilio is widely distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, from Mauritius and the Gulf of Aden to the Philippines, Okinawa, Micronesia, and Polynesia. The Hawaiian subspecies is distinguished by its smaller size, less brilliant coloration, white aperture, and weaker sculpture (Kay, 1979).

Habitat: These miters are found at depths of from 10 m to 120 m (Kay, 1979).

Remarks: Listed by Severns as Neocancilla papilio langfordiana.

References: Kay, 1979: 311; Severns, 2000: 159