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 mauritiana
Nomenclator
Linnaeus, 1758 
Chinese Name
龜甲寶螺 
Common_C
 
Synonym
 
Common_E
 
Size
90mm 
World Distribution
海南、西沙、馬來西亞、阿拉伯東部 (GO, Mas, SO)
 West Malaysia West coast: Phuket, Pulau Paya, Pulau Jarak, Eastern Arabia (GO, Mas, SO)
Taiwan Distribution
宜蘭縣,台北縣貢寮鄉蚊子坑,花蓮石梯坪,花蓮縣大港口,蘭嶼,綠島,龜山島,花東海岸,屏東縣恆春半島,澎湖北部海域,澎湖內海海域,小琉球 
Habitat
大多棲息於岩礁區、低潮線下 
among coral and rocks
Character
外貌及殼色酷似龜殼。殼背顯著駝出,殼底扁平,殼表褐色,上有淺色斑點,星佈其上。外套線明顯,靠周緣部呈黑褐色,外唇齒發達
 
Reference
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Remark
產量多而常見
 


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