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Class
Gastropoda 
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Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Neogastropoda 
Order_C
新腹足目 
Family
Volutidae 
Family_C
渦螺科 
Genus_C
 
Scientific Name
Melo melo
Nomenclator
(Lightfoot, 1786) 
Chinese Name
椰子渦螺  China Name
Chinese Common Name
斑點椰子螺、木瓜螺、渦螺 
Synonym
 
English Common Name
India Volute 
Area
台灣、中國、印尼、馬來西亞、新加坡
Taiwan
Distribution
分布於日本及中國南部海域、在臺灣則產於西部及東北部海域。福建、廣東、印尼、馬來西亞、新加坡
Habitat
棲息在水深約五十到一百公尺溫暖的淺海砂泥底,有的可生活在更深海域中。具有長水管,為肉食性貝類,喜食貝類及其他底棲性的小動物。潮下帶
West Malaysia East coast: Trawled Dungun, Kuantan, Mersing; West Malaysia West coast: Pulau Langkawi, Kuala Kedah, Pulau Pinang, Pulau Pangkor, Pontian, Kukup; Singapore waters: from a kelong
Shell Character
殼近乎圓形,狀如木瓜。表面光滑,殼表有黑褐色斑點,成長後螺塔則隱藏在外唇之下,小而不明顯。殼口寬廣,內唇有發達的軸襞,外唇薄,殼口內面為淡橘色,無口蓋。
Reference
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Remark
 臺灣的渦螺科有六屬十三種(Lai 1979),其中具有食用經濟性的是椰子螺Melo melo (Lightfoot, 1786)。動物體具有黃黑相間的斑紋外皮(外套膜),食用時應將之削除,否則太堅韌。


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