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Marine Invertebrates of Hawai'iPHYLUM MOLLUSCAClass Gastropoda
Conus spp. - cone shells Description: cone-shaped shells in a variety of colors and forms
Cypraea caputserpentis - snakehead cowry Description: small, brown dome-shaped shell with white spots; often covered with
a tan mantle studded with tentacles
Cypraea tigris - tiger cowry Description: large, spotted dome-shaped shell; often covered with a mottled
mantle studded with tentacles
Hexabranchus sanguineus - Spanish dancer Description: dorso-ventrally flattened slug; mottled red and white with a ring
of posterior gills and anterior rhinophores
Morula spp. & Drupa spp. - thaidids Description: robust shells, often covered with tubercules and short spines;
aperture occasionally lined with teeth. Class Cephalopoda
Description: 8-arms lined with suckers; mottled-brown and black, often with
white spots
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Octopus spp. - octopus 