Fossil Detail

C lass：Gastropoda 腹足綱
Order：Mesogastropoda 中腹足目
Family：Cypraeidae 寶螺科
Genus：Cypraea 寶螺屬
Scientific Name ：Cypraea vitellus  Linnaeus, 1758
Chinese Name：白星寶螺
Fossil Location：恆春核能發電廠出水口隆起珊瑚礁 (Raised coral reefs, Hengchun Nuclear Power Plant)
Fosill Ages：半化石,
Reservation Location： 國立台中自然科學博物館
Inventory No.：NMNS001435
Size：SL5.15cm,SW3.18cm,SH2.22cm
Reference：台灣貝類化石誌8-4:849-850, 1992
Plate：圖版一四五，圖 4,7

• Taiwan Malacofauna
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• New species
• The shells of world
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• Reference of shells
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  • The Oceanic Squids of Taiwan
  • Radula and ultrastructure of shell
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