Detail
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Class
Gastropoda 
 
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 
Common_C
 
Synonym
 
Common_E
 
Size
20mm 
World Distribution
馬來西亞、阿拉伯東部 (SO)
 West Malaysia East coast: Pulau Perhentian, Pulau Tioman, Eastern Arabia (SO)
Taiwan Distribution
花蓮石梯坪,蘭嶼,台北縣貢寮鄉蚊子坑,花東海岸,屏東縣海口,東沙島,澎湖 
Habitat
棲息於潮間帶的岩礁區。 
under rocks and in rock crevices
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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