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False 'Opihi

Siphonaria normalis

Photo by WayneAdkins
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False 'Opihi

Siphonaria normalis

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False 'opihi are less than 3/4 inch with ribs of two sizes giving the shell an angular rather than rounded shape. Siphonaria are air-breathing mollusks with a rudimentary lung chamber (pulmonates) rather than water-breathing gills found in true 'opihi. A native species.

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Underwater Hawai'i
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Hawai'i Bioblitz 2013
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PublishedMarch 9, 2013

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