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Sieve cowrie
Cribrarula cribraria
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 396627, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Sieve cowrie
- Scientific
- Cribrarula cribraria
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The sieve cowrie has an orange-brown back with many round white spots, like holes in a sieve, and a white base. It lives on reefs, under rocks and in crevices.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=6, 5 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Cribrarula-cribraria.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=396627
- inaturalist.org /taxa/127951
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cribrarula_cribraria_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.