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Precious stone shell
Latirolagena smaragdulus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 737548, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Precious stone shell
- Scientific
- Latirolagena smaragdulus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 10 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A spindle-shaped snail with a dark brown to black shell, fine spiral ridges and an orange to white opening. It lives on shallow reefs and rocks.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=28); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4, 4 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Latirolagena-smaragdulus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=737548
- inaturalist.org /taxa/949688
- inaturalist.org /observations/151584181
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.