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Eroded cowrie
Naria erosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 1075042, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Eroded cowrie
- Scientific
- Naria erosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 7.5 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The eroded cowrie is a medium-sized cowrie with an olive-green to brown back flecked with small white spots, and a dark brown or purplish blotch on each side. It is common on shallow reef flats and under rocks and coral rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=36); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=60, 26 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Naria-erosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1075042
- inaturalist.org /taxa/747599
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Cypraea_erosa.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.