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Class
Gastropoda 
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Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Neogastropoda 
Order_C
新腹足目 
Family
Conidae 
Family_C
芋螺科 
Genus_C
芋螺屬 
Scientific Name
Conus quercinus
Nomenclator
Lightfoot, 1786 
Chinese Name
蠟黃芋螺  China Name
Chinese Common Name
 
Synonym
 
English Common Name
 
Area
台灣、印尼、馬來西亞、阿拉伯東部
Taiwan, Eastern Arabia
Distribution
印尼、馬來西亞、阿拉伯東部 (GO, Mas, SO)
Habitat
棲息在潮間帶到淺海的岩礁或礫石中。
West Malaysia East coast: Trawled Kota Bharu, Pulau Perhentian, Marang, Kuantan, Endau, Mersing; Eastern Arabia (GO, Mas, SO)
Shell Character
殼呈倒圓錐形,螺尖尖銳,殼表面有橫向密細螺紋,螺肩寬而平,殼口呈倒球棒狀。殼色蠟黃,其間有褐色橫向細螺紋,殼口瓷質白色。
Reference
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