簡介:" 阿拉伯寶螺Cypraea arabica屬於中型寶螺,殼長約為7~10公分,殼體結實近圓柱形。殼的背面以灰白色與淺褐色的雲狀斑為底,成體並有複雜的深褐色縱走細紋分布於表面;側面為灰白色並綴有輪廓模糊的深褐色斑點;底部很平,為灰白色,透有極淺的棕色及紅色,齒為紅棕色。棲息於以珊瑚礁及岩石為底的潮間帶與亞潮間帶。 本物種產於印度-西太平洋地區,像是菲律賓群島、西澳的鯊魚灣、西澳(WA)到新南威爾斯(NSW)中部等。台灣地區於北部、東部、南部均有分布,例如:基隆、台北、宜蘭、臺東、蘭嶼、高雄、屏東、小琉球、澎湖、南沙太平島等。 MolluscaCypraea arabica Linnaeus寶螺科阿拉伯寶螺The Arabian cowry (Cypraea arabica) is a medium-sized cowry with a solid, cylinder-shaped shell that is around 7~10cm long. The shell’s dorsal surface is covered with a grayish-white and light brown cloud-like pattern. Adult cowries are also covered with brown hieroglyphic axial pattern. The shell’s sides are grayish-white with mottled dark-brown spots while the flat base is grayish-white and tinted a faint brown or red in parts. The teeth are reddish-brown. The Arabian cowry is mostly found in coral reefs and rocks in the intertidal zone to subtidal zone. The species is found in the Indo-West Pacific region, including the Philippines, Shark Bay in Western Australia, and along the coast between Western Australia (WA) and the central of New South Wales (NSW). It is found in Taiwan's north, east and south as well areas such as Keelung, Taipei, Yilan, Taitung, Lanyu, Kaohsiung, Pingtung, Siaoliouciou, Penghu and Nansha Taiping Island. "