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Updated 9/19/2022
Family Cerithiidae
INDO-PACIFIC / HAWAII
Cerithium egenum
TURRETED HORN
Common on algal mat of shallow
reefs and tidepools. Turreted-angular with fine granular spirals, and one
coarse spiral of conical nodules, dark area on
posterior body whorl. Attains 3/8 inch.
Red Sea to Japam, Hawaii, and the Tuamotus, introduced to the Mediterranean.
Occurs with and similar to Cerithium
atromarginatum. |
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