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Strigatella mitre snail (no English common name)
Strigatella paupercula
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 217220, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- Strigatella mitre snail (no English common name)
- Scientific
- Strigatella paupercula
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Family
- Mitridae (mitre snails)
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
A small mitre shell with a dark brown shell crossed by fine pale lines. It lives under rocks on shallow reef flats.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=14); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=4, 2 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Strigatella-paupercula.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=217220
- inaturalist.org /taxa/1359683
- commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/File:Strigatella_paupercula_01.JPG
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.