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Undulate periwinkle
Littoraria undulata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208934, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Undulate periwinkle
- Scientific
- Littoraria undulata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 7 m
- IUCN status
- LC · Least ConcernLeast Concern (LC), assessed 2011
Description
A periwinkle with a small, pointed shell patterned in wavy brown and cream lines. It lives above the water line on rocks, beach rock and mangroves.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=24); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Littoraria-undulata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208934
- inaturalist.org /taxa/150742
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Littoraria_undulata_(MNHN-IM-2009-2711).jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.