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Cavolinia tridentata
(Forsskal in Niebuhr, 1775)
 
Cavolinia tridentata: shell
(Photo not from Hawaii)
Maximum size:  12 mm shell length (Kay, 1979).

Identification:  This is a large species with a strongly inflated, translucent-amber shell.

Natural history:  Fragments of Cavolinia tridentata shells are moderately rare in sand samples.

Distribution:  Maui and Midway: circumglobal.

Taxonomic notes:  The photo labeled Cavolinia globulosa in Kay, 1979 is probably this species.

Photo:  CP: 10 mm: composite photo, same shell: Gulf of Catalina, San Diego, California; June 20, 1901; photographed at CAS.

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