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Carnelian cowrie
Lyncina carneola
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216866, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Carnelian cowrie
- Scientific
- Lyncina carneola
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9.5 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Reef-associated, recorded from 0 to 133 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The carnelian cowrie has a pinkish-orange to fawn shell with four paler bands across the back and violet colour between the teeth. It lives on shallow reefs and is active at night.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=19); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=20, 10 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Lyncina-carneola.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216866
- inaturalist.org /taxa/367999
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Lyncina_carneola_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.