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Depressed cowrie
Mauritia depressa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216871, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Depressed cowrie
- Scientific
- Mauritia depressa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6 cm (length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A medium-sized cowrie with a flattened, dark brown shell covered in pale spots. It lives on wave-exposed reef edges.
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/Mauritia-depressa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216871
- inaturalist.org /taxa/745970
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Mauritia_depressa_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.