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Class
Gastropoda 
 
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 
Common_C
 
Synonym
 
Common_E
 
Size
45mm 
World Distribution
廣東、海南、印尼、馬來西亞、阿拉伯東部 (NWG, SEG, GO)
 West Malaysia East coast: trawled Endau; West Malaysia West coast: trawled Pontian, Johore Straits,West; Eastern Arabia (NWG, SEG, GO)
Taiwan Distribution
蘭嶼,台南市安平,高雄,屏東縣東港,金門,澎湖 
Habitat
淺海沙底 
Shallow to moderate deep water
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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