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Eyed cowrie
Arestorides argus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 527787, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Eyed cowrie
- Scientific
- Arestorides argus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The eyed cowrie has a long, cylindrical shell covered in brown rings like small eyes, with dark blotches on the base. It lives on reefs, under coral slabs and in crevices, and is shy and nocturnal.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=8); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=10, 10 observers).
Sources
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=527787
- inaturalist.org /taxa/634959
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Arestorides_argus_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.