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Striated little trough shell
Atactodea striata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 140349, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Striated little trough shell
- Scientific
- Atactodea striata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, triangular, cream to pale brown clam with fine growth lines. It lives buried in sand on beaches and shallow flats.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=16); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=6, 5 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Atactodea-striata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=140349
- inaturalist.org /taxa/706838
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Atactodea_striata_(MNHN-IM-2012-24805)_002.jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.