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Class
Gastropoda 
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Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Neogastropoda 
Order_C
新腹足目 
Family
Olividae 
Family_C
榧螺科 
Genus_C
榧螺屬 
Scientific Name
Oliva miniacea miniacea
Nomenclator
Roeding, 1798 
Chinese Name
橙口榧螺  China Name
Chinese Common Name
紅口榧螺、枕頭螺、彈頭螺、鎖匙螺 
Synonym
erythrostoma (Meuschen, 1787); magnifica (Ducros de St. Gemain, 1857); porphyritica Marrat, 1871 
English Common Name
Red-mouth Olive 
Area
台灣、中國、印尼、馬來西亞、新加坡
Taiwan
Distribution
分布於中國大陸南部沿海到菲律賓海域、臺灣則產於臺灣海峽的淺海砂泥底。廣東、廣西、海南、印尼、馬來西亞、新加坡
Habitat
棲息於溫暖海域的淺海砂泥底,為晝伏夜出的肉食性貝類。白天時僅將水管伸出表面,其餘都埋起來,夜間才出來覓食,以小螃蟹、死魚等底棲動物及有機物為食,為淺海砂泥底有名的清道夫。低潮線下至淺海
West Malaysia East coast: Pulau Perhentian, Endau;Singapore waters: Bedok
Shell Character
貝殼呈長筒子彈形,殼表十分光滑,貝殼顏色為橘黃色,有三條的黑褐色帶狀斑,且有橘紅色不規則的花紋。螺塔十分小,約有六層螺層,螺肩十分明顯。殼口狹小而細長,內面橘紅色,外唇的邊緣有一條白色的條紋,內唇的前端有六條左右的軸襞,無口蓋。
Reference
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Remark
 臺灣的榧螺科有二屬二十三種(Kuroda 1941),其中以榧螺屬(Oliva)的橙口榧螺Oliva miniacea (Roding, 1798)較為大型,食用性也較高。


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