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Banded creeper
Rhinoclavis fasciata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 215117, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Banded creeper
- Scientific
- Rhinoclavis fasciata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Maximum size
- Up to about 9.5 cm (shell length)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 18 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The banded creeper is a long, slender, pointed shell with spiral bands of brown and white. It lives on sand in shallow water and feeds on fine deposits.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=4); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Rhinoclavis-fasciata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=215117
- inaturalist.org /taxa/368943
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Rhinoclavis_fasciata001.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.