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Class
Gastropoda 
 
Class_C
腹足綱 
Order
Mesogastropoda 
Order_C
中腹足目 
Family
Cerithiidae 
Family_C
蟹守螺科 
Genus_C
蟹守螺屬 
Scientific Name
Cerithium citrinum
Nomenclator
(Sowerby, 1855) 
Chinese Name
黃蟹守螺 
Common_C
 
Synonym
 
Common_E
 
World Distribution
產於台灣東海岸及澎湖群島、海南、西沙、南沙、南海
 
Taiwan Distribution
台灣東部海域,台北縣貢寮鄉蚊子坑,澎湖,花蓮海岸,高雄縣,小琉球,屏東縣恆春半島,大樹房,屏東後灣,澎湖東部海域,東沙島,宜蘭縣蘇澳,南沙群島、綠島 
Habitat
棲於礁石附近的淺海沙底或碎石海底、低潮線,河口及紅樹林等半淡鹹水,泥灘或沙灘。 
Character
圓錐狀,殼厚,螺塔高,後水管長,末端傾向左邊。殼外表淺黃色,其上密佈細螺肋,每一螺層有規則分佈的粗縱肋,體螺層具有縱脹肋。殼口厚,近圓形,白色,外唇外緣具細齒狀突起。口蓋為角質,褐色。
 
Reference
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