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Rectangular false cockle
Cardita variegata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 207678, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Rectangular false cockle
- Scientific
- Cardita variegata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Family
- Carditidae
- Maximum size
- Up to about 3 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 100 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small, sturdy bivalve with strong, rounded ribs, often mottled in purple, brown and white. It lives attached to rocks in shallow water.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=12); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=9, 5 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Cardita-variegata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207678
- inaturalist.org /taxa/655559
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cardita_variegata.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.