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Class
Gastropoda 
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Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Neogastropoda 
Order_C
新腹足目 
Family
Columbellidae 
Family_C
麥螺科 
Genus_C
 
Scientific Name
Pyrene testudinaria testudinaria
Nomenclator
(Link, 1806) 
Chinese Name
麥螺  China Name
Chinese Common Name
 
Synonym
 
English Common Name
 
Area
台灣、印尼、馬來西亞、新加坡
Taiwan
Distribution
印尼、馬來西亞、新加坡
Habitat
棲息於潮間帶到潮下帶岩礁區,海藻上。淺海
West Malaysia West coast: Cape Rachado; Singapore waters: Raffles Light
Shell Character
殼小,呈菱形,體層梯狀,質厚。殼表光滑,色澤多變。殼口白色,狹窄,外唇厚,外唇內壁有齒狀刻紋。殼口小,角質。
Reference
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Remark
 本種與花麥螺Euplica scripta相似,但後者的外唇肩部向外擴張,口內唇有紫斑。


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