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Humpback cowrie
Mauritia mauritiana
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216868, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Humpback cowrie
- Scientific
- Mauritia mauritiana
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 13 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 2 to 5 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The humpback cowrie is a large, heavy cowrie with a high, humped back of pale spots on dark brown and a flattened, very dark base. It lives on wave-exposed reef edges and rocky shores.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=6); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=5, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Mauritia-mauritiana.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216868
- inaturalist.org /taxa/338313
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Mauritia_mauritiana_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.