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Red triton snail
Septa rubecula
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 476590, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Red triton snail
- Scientific
- Septa rubecula
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Cymatiidae (tritons)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic), recorded from 0 to 20 m
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The red triton snail is a small triton with a bright red to orange-red shell with knobby ribs. It lives under rocks and in crevices on reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=3); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=3, 3 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Septa-rubecula.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=476590
- inaturalist.org /taxa/884301
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Septa_rubecula.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.