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White spotted auger
Terebra guttata
Valid name (WoRMS, AphiaID 208064, checked 2026-10-31).
- English
- White spotted auger
- Scientific
- Terebra guttata
- Dhivehi
- No recorded Dhivehi name
- Group
- Sea snails
- Depth and habitat
- Sea floor (benthic)
- IUCN status
- NE · Not EvaluatedNot Evaluated (NE)
Description
An auger shell with a long, pointed, orange-brown to fawn shell with rows of white spots. It lives in sand in shallow water.
In the Maldives
Recorded from the Maldives: museum specimens (n=19); iNaturalist research-grade observations in the Maldives (n=6, 5 observers).
Sources
- sealifebase.se /summary/Terebra-guttata.html
- marinespecies.org /aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=208064
- inaturalist.org /taxa/338269
- inaturalist.org /observations/251834392
Dhivehi name source: No species-level Dhivehi name found in Dhivehi Wikipedia, SeaLifeBase (country: Maldives) or MRS/MMRI invertebrate publications.