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Waved buccinum
Pollia undosa
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 217065, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Waved buccinum
- Scientific
- Pollia undosa
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Pisaniidae (whelks)
- Maximum size
- Up to about 4 cm (length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small whelk with a sturdy shell covered in spiral ridges and brown bands. It lives on shallow reefs and rocky shores and scavenges.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=2); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Pollia-undosa.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217065
- inaturalist.org /taxa/458017
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Pollia_undosa_(MNHN-IM-2012-13189).jpeg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.