Mastonia funebris Jousseaume, 1884
5.95mm

This appears to be Mastonia funebris, although it does not quite match the figure in gastropods.com, which shows a shell with one of the spiral rows of beads white rather than yellow. These are uncommon on lagoon and seaward reefs at depths exceeding 6m and empty shells have been brought up from at least 60m.

This last one is kind of similar to the gastropods.com figure, but seems even lighter between the nodules.

Created 11 April 2017
Updated 31 March 2020

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