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Jester cowrie
Mauritia scurra
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216867, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Jester cowrie
- Scientific
- Mauritia scurra
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 6 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 10 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The jester cowrie has a slim, cylindrical shell with a fine, network-like brown pattern on a grey background and dark spots on the sides. It lives under rocks and coral slabs on shallow reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=5); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=10, 8 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Mauritia-scurra.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216867
- inaturalist.org /taxa/701050
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cypraeidae_-_Mauritia_scurra_-_Philippines-1.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.