Hawaii Shells

This page links to some of the living seashells we have seen and photographed in the Hawaiian Islands. These were all taken with film cameras (various Nikonos models) in the 1970s and 1980s, and all images are scanned from slides. Sizes given are estimates. These were mostly taken haphazardly in passing while searching for nudibranchs, so this by no means a thorough listing of Hawaiian shells.

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Architectonicidae - sundials

Heliacus mighelsi

Heliacus variegatus

Psilaxis radiatus

Bursidae - frog shells

Bursa rosa

Lampasopsis cruentata

Cassidae - helmets and bonnets

Cassis cornuta

Cerithiidae - horn shells

Charoniidae

Charonia tritonis

Columbellidae

Euplica livescens

Graphicomassa margarita

Mitrella numpha

Conidae - cones

Conus abbreviatus	Conus bullatus	Conus catus
Conus lividus	Conus miles	Conus moreleti
Conus pertusus	Conus purus	Conus rattus
Conus retifer	Conus striatus	Conus textile

Costellariidae - costellarids

Vexillum approximatum

Vexillum cancellarioides

Vexillum unifasciale

Cymatiidae - tritons

Gutturnium muricinum	Monoplex intermedium	Monoplex mundus
Monoplex nicobaricus	Septa occidentalis

Cypraeidae - cowries

Epitoniidae - wentletraps

Epitonium replicatum

Janthina janthina

Eratoidae

Eulimidae - parasitic shells

Melanella cumingii

Stylifer linckiae

Fasciolariidae - spindles

Harpidae - harps

Hipponicidae - cap shells

Antisabia imbricata

Hipponicidae sp. 1

Mitridae - miters

Carinomitra saltata	Carinomitra typha	Condylomitra tuberosa
Mitra stictica	Nebularia ferruginea	Nebularia pellisserpentis
Pseudonebularia fraga	Scabricola olivaeformis	Strigatella aurora
Strigatella fulvescens	Strigatella litterata	Strigatella luctuosa

Muricidae - murexes

Chicoreus insularum	Coralliophila monodonta	Coralliophila violacea
Favartia garretti	Homalocantha pele	Morula uva
Murichorda fiscellum	Pterynotus elongatus	Sistrum arachnoides
Tenguella granulata	Vexilla vexillum

Nacellidae - limpets

Nassariidae - basket shells

Nassarius gaudiosus

Nassarius hirtus

Nassarius papillosus

Olividae - olives

Oliva ozodona sandwicensis

Omogymna richerti

Personidae

Pisianiidae

Caducifer decapitatus	Engina albocincta	Pisania ignea
Prodotia iostoma

Rissoinidae

Strombidae - strombs and fingershells

Euprotomus hawaiensis

Terebridae - augers

Hastula albula	Hastula lanceata	Hastula matheroniana
Hastula penicillata	Hastula strigilata	Oxymeris crenulata
Oxymeris dimidiata	Oxymeris maculata	Punctoterebra nitida
Punctoterebra swainsoni	Terebra amanda	Terebra argus
Terebra funiculata

Tonnidae - tun shells

Tonna melanostoma

Tonna perdix

Triphoridae - triphorids

Triviidae - trivia shells

Trivia cf edgari

Purpurcapsula exigua

"Turrid" families - turrids and similar shells

Daphnella interrupta	Daphnella ornata	Daphnella sandwicensis
Iotyrris kingae	Pyrgocythara mighelsi	Tritonoturris menecharmes
Turridrupa bijubata	Turridrupa consobrina

Vanikoridae

Vermetidae - worm snails

Petaloconchus keenae	Thylacodes variabilis	Vermetus alii
Vermetid sp. 1

Xenophoridae - carrier shell

POLYPLACOPHORA - chitons

Acanthochitona viridis	Plaxiphora kamehamehae	Rhyssoplax linsleyi
Stenoplax petaloides

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