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Isabella cowrie
Luria isabella
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216862, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Isabella cowrie
- Scientific
- Luria isabella
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The Isabella cowrie has a long, slim, pale fawn to grey shell with fine dark lines and an orange spot at each end. It lives under rocks and coral slabs in shallow water and is active at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=22); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=22, 8 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Luria-isabella.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216862
- inaturalist.org /taxa/368631
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Caracola_de_mar_(Luria_isabella),_Zanzíbar,_Tanzania,_2024-
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.