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Class
Gastropoda 
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Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Mesogastropoda 
Order_C
中腹足目 
Family
Cypraeidae 
Family_C
寶螺科 
Genus_C
寶螺屬 
Scientific Name
Cypraea kieneri
Nomenclator
Hidalgo, 1906 
Chinese Name
瘦熊寶螺  China Name
Chinese Common Name
 
Synonym
 
English Common Name
 
Area
台灣、馬來西亞、阿拉伯東部
Taiwan, Eastern Arabia
Distribution
馬來西亞、阿拉伯東部 (SO)
Habitat
棲息於潮間帶的岩礁區。
West Malaysia East coast: Pulau Perhentian, Pulau Tioman, Eastern Arabia (SO)
Shell Character
殼近橢圓形。殼表光滑,殼面有兩橫斷的白色帶,但不明顯,褐色小斑點分佈其上,中央有一大褐色斑點。前後端突出不明顯,各有兩褐色斑點在側。殼側邊散生褐色小點,底部白色。殼口的齒列白色,上有褐色斑塊。
Reference
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Remark
 有三種寶螺十分相似分別為:瘦熊寶螺(Cypraea kieneri Hidalgo, 1906)、肥熊寶螺(Cypraea ursellus Gmelin, 1791)和大熊寶螺(Cypraea hirundo Linnaeus, 1758),三者除了外形略有差別外,依前後端突出狀況:瘦熊寶螺最不明顯,其他兩者都十分突出。肥熊寶螺和大熊寶螺差異則在殼背面的褐色大斑,肥熊寶螺的褐色大斑十分明顯,大熊寶螺則否。再者,只有瘦熊寶螺腹部的齒列上有褐色大斑。


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