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Thick-edged cowrie
Erronea caurica
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216861, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Thick-edged cowrie
- Scientific
- Erronea caurica
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 7 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 30 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A medium-sized cowrie with a greenish-brown back covered in small spots and thick, pale, spotted edges. It lives on shallow reefs, often in lagoons and among rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=30); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=22, 6 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Erronea-caurica.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216861
- inaturalist.org /taxa/502676
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cypraeidae_-_Erronea_caurica-1.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.