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Silver conch
Lentigo lentiginosus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 565356, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Silver conch
- Scientific
- Lentigo lentiginosus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Strombidae (conchs)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 10.5 cm (length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 4 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The silver conch has a heavy, knobby shell mottled in grey, white and brown, with a thick, flared lip. It lives on sandy reef flats and in lagoons.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=16); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=14, 5 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lentigo-lentiginosus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=565356
- inaturalist.org /taxa/505209
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lentigo_lentiginosus_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.