Maldives Marine Life

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Filifusus spindle snail (no English common name)
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Filifusus spindle snail (no English common name)

Filifusus filamentosus

Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 607908, checked 2026-10-31).

English
Filifusus spindle snail (no English common name)
Scientific
Filifusus filamentosus
Dhivehi
No recorded Dhivehi name
Group
Sea snails
Family
Fasciolariidae (spindle snails and tulip snails)
IUCN status
NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)

Description

A spindle shell with a long, tapering spire and a long canal at the base, marked with fine brown lines. It lives on sand and rubble near reefs.

In the Maldives

Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 2 observers).

Sources

Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.