Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos   on zoanthids	Heliacus trochoides (Deshayes, 1830)   Maximum size:  8 mm shell diameter (Kay, 1979). Identification:  This species has a top-shaped shell with a relatively narrow umbilicus. Natural history:  Shells of Heliacus trochoides are rare in beach drift. Kay (1979) states that they are found with Heliacus variegatus and Heliacus mighelsi in association with zoanthids. Distribution:  Maui and Oahu: widely distributed in the Indo-Pacific. Taxonomic notes:  It's listed in Tinker, 1958 as Heliacus trochoideus. Photo:  CP: composite photo, same shell; 4.4 mm in diameter: beach drift, Maalaea Bay, Maui; fall, 1987. Observations and comments: Note 1:  ( )
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