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Grape cowrie
Staphylaea staphylaea
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 216890, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Grape cowrie
- Scientific
- Staphylaea staphylaea
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Cowries
- Family
- Cypraeidae (cowries)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
The grape cowrie is a small cowrie whose back is covered in tiny raised white pimples on a grey to brown background, with orange ends. It lives under rocks and in crevices on shallow reefs.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=12); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=13, 5 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Staphylaea-staphylaea.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=216890
- inaturalist.org /taxa/552204
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Staphylaea_staphylaea_staphylaea_01.jpg
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.