The family Fasciolariidae, usually called the spindle shells, does not have many representatives in the Marshalls, but include both abundant and extremely rare species. In many species, the color of the animals is somewhere in the red to maroon range, although there are notable exceptions. Species in this family are carnivorous. We have seen some eating other gastropod mollusks, and bivalves and worms are other potential food sources. Sizes listed for each species are the maximum sizes recorded for Kwajalein and were taken from an unpublished listing of Kwaj record sizes maintained by a succession of individuals since the early 1970s.
Dolicholatirus
lancea
Fusinus
undatus
Latirus
craticulatus
Latirus
maculatus
Latirus
nodatus
Latirus
noumeensis
Latirus
polygonus
Latirus
turritus
Latirus
sp. 1
Peristernia
chlorostoma
Peristernia
nassatula
Peristernia
reincarnata
Peristernia
sowerbyi
Peristernia
ustulata
Pleuroploca
filamentosa
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