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Rough periwinkle
Littoraria scabra
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208939, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Rough periwinkle
- Scientific
- Littoraria scabra
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4.4 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The rough periwinkle is a small, pointed snail with a ridged shell mottled in brown and grey. It lives above the water line on mangroves, rocks and jetties.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=11); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Littoraria-scabra.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208939
- inaturalist.org /taxa/368959
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Littoraria_scabra_001.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.