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Granulated nassa
Nassarius granifer
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 560218, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Granulated nassa
- Scientific
- Nassarius granifer
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small nassa snail with a knobby shell. It lives on sand and scavenges on dead animals.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=21); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Nassarius-granifer.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=560218
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1400460
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nassarius_graniferus.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.