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Class
Gastropoda 
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Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Heteropoda 
Order_C
異足目 
Family
Ranellidae 
Family_C
法螺科 
Genus_C
 
Scientific Name
Linatella caudata
Nomenclator
(Gmelin, 1791) 
Chinese Name
鶉法螺  China Name
Chinese Common Name
 
Synonym
cynocephala Lamarck, 1816; cingulata Lamarck, 1822 
English Common Name
 
Area
台灣、印尼、馬來西亞、中國、阿拉伯東部
Taiwan, Eastern Arabia
Distribution
南海、印尼、馬來西亞、東非到夏威夷、日本到澳洲和紐西蘭、阿拉伯東部 (GO, Mas)
Habitat
棲息在淺海沙底。
Eastern Arabia (GO, Mas)
Shell Character
殼長菱形,殼厚,殼外表淺褐色到褐色。殼表密佈螺肋,體螺層膨脹,縫合線明顯。殼口寬,白色,外唇厚,上面有規則褐色齒狀突起。
Reference
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