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Wrinkled cowrie
Nucleolaria nucleus
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 570723, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Wrinkled cowrie
- Scientific
- Nucleolaria nucleus
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 2.8 cm (length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The wrinkled cowrie is a small cowrie whose back is covered in raised pimples joined by fine ridges, giving a wrinkled texture. It lives on shallow reefs, under rocks and rubble.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=10); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=12, 5 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Nucleolaria-nucleus.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=570723
- inaturalist.org /taxa/121409
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Nucleolaria_nucleus_01.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.