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Vermetid worm snail
Ceraesignum maximum
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 766307, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Vermetid worm snail
- Scientific
- Ceraesignum maximum
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Vermetidae (worm snails)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 45 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A large worm snail that lives embedded in living coral, with only its round opening and trapdoor visible at the surface. It feeds by casting mucus nets into the water.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=6, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Ceraesignum-maximum.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=766307
- inaturalist.org /taxa/578038
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Dendropoma_maxima_Maldives.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.