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Class
Gastropoda 
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Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Heterogastropoda 
Order_C
異腹足目 
Family
Epitoniidae 
Family_C
海螄螺科 
Genus_C
海螄螺屬 
Scientific Name
Epitonium scalare
Nomenclator
(Linnaeus, 1758) 
Chinese Name
綺螄螺  China Name
Chinese Common Name
 
Synonym
 
English Common Name
 
Area
台灣、中國、印尼、馬來西亞、阿拉伯東部
Taiwan, Eastern Arabia
Distribution
廣東、海南、印尼、馬來西亞、阿拉伯東部 (NWG, SEG, GO)
Habitat
淺海沙底
West Malaysia East coast: trawled Endau; West Malaysia West coast: trawled Pontian, Johore Straits,West; Eastern Arabia (NWG, SEG, GO)
Shell Character
殼高約4-6公分,殼厚,白色有光澤,間有淡褐色的斑帶,螺層互相分離,上下螺層上的縱肋前後連結,縱肋成板狀,每個螺層有9-10枚,殼口緣縱肋肥厚,臍孔狹小。是本屬最大型種類。
Reference
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