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Additional Photos

fragments

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Clio recurva (Children, 1823)

(Photo not from Hawaii)
Maximum size: 20 mm shell
length.
Identification:
The
shells of this species have a flattened-pyramid shape with strong
axial keels and a curved apex.
Natural history:
Fragments of Clio recurva shells are rare in
sand samples. As shown in the above photo, its shells are often colonized by the hydroid Campaniclava clionis (hydroid ID from Lalli & Gilmer, 1989).
Distribution:
Maui: circumglobal.
Taxonomic notes:
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Photo: CP: 20
mm; encrusted with hydroids: composite photo, same shell: G. D. Hana;
Guide Seamount, south west of Pigeon Point, California; Feb. 15, 1950;
photographed at CAS.
Observations and comments:
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