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Children's cowrie
Ipsa childreni
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 458729, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Children's cowrie
- Scientific
- Ipsa childreni
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 5 to 50 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small cowrie whose shell is covered in fine ridges running across the back. It is rarely seen and lives on reefs, under rocks and rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Ipsa-childreni.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=458729
- inaturalist.org /taxa/883396
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Ipsa_childreni.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.