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Class
Gastropoda 
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Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Mesogastropoda 
Order_C
中腹足目 
Family
Turritellidae 
Family_C
錐螺科 
Genus_C
 
Scientific Name
Turritella terebra terebra
Nomenclator
(Linnaeus, 1758) 
Chinese Name
錐螺  China Name
Chinese Common Name
豬公螺、九層螺、螺絲螺、鑽仔螺 
Synonym
 
English Common Name
Screw Turritella 
Area
台灣、中國、印尼、馬來西亞
Taiwan
Distribution
菲律賓、中國大陸東南沿海均有分布。臺灣則分布在西南沿海、而以臺中及臺南之沿海為主要產地。福建以南沿海、印尼、馬來西亞
Habitat
錐螺的外殼極為細長,幼貝時期可以將自己的貝殼舉起,成貝則將貝殼拖在後面而爬行。而大部份均將其殼後半段埋入砂泥底中,棲息水深一般在淺水區,水深約十公尺範圍以內。潮下帶
West Malaysia East coast: Trawled Kota Bharu, Mersing; West Malaysia West coast: Pulau Langkawi, Kuala Kedah, Pulau Pangkor, Pontian
Shell Character
殼形屬細長錐型,外觀如一個高塔形,大部分的殼頂則均有破損,不易有十分完整的殼形,因此螺層不易計數,除了殼頂常有破損外,殼頂的螺層十分小且連接處不明顯。本種外殼為黃褐色或咖啡色,每一螺層均有明顯的縱肋。殼口為圓形,具有深褐色角質性的圓形口蓋,上有同心圓的紋路。
Reference
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Remark
 臺灣的錐螺科記錄有一屬三種(Kuroda 1941),其中以錐螺Turritella terebra (Linnaeus, 1758)最為常見,通常以醬油、大蒜及辣椒調味食用。


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