簡介:"MolluscaDiacria trispinosa駝蝶螺科三尖駝蝶螺The three-spined Cavoline (Diacria trispinosa) has a flattened shell that is open at the front. The sides flare forward to a tip like the wings of a spaceship. Towards the rear is a long and slim blunt tail that looks like a spaceship tailfin with a light on the end. When alive, the area near the opening is a beautiful purplish-red color, while the entire shell is almost transparent, giving it the appearance of a spaceship made from high-tech glass. The species enjoys wide distribution throughout the world's temperate and tropical seas. It is very common in the waters through which the Kuroshio Current passes. NMNS has so far collected specimens of this species from the waters near the Pengjia Island in northeast Taiwan, the coasts off Yilan, Hualien, Taitung and Pingtung's Manjhou in eastern Taiwan, Siaoliouciou in the west and the waters off Pingtung, as well as in Pingtung and the waters of the South China Sea around the Dongsha Islands. 三尖駝蝶螺Diacria trispinosa具有扁平型的体殼,開口於體殼前端,兩側各有一道微微向前彎曲的尖細側支,像太空船兩邊的側翼,向後則有一道細長而末端圓鈍的尾部,像裝置了尾燈的太空船尾翼。生活時開口附近為美麗的紫紅色,整個殼體幾乎完全透明,像極了高科技玻璃製成的太空船。 本種廣泛分布於全世界的溫帶及熱帶海域,常見於黑潮流經的海域。目前國立自然科學博物館已在台灣附近的東北部彭佳嶼附近海域,東部的宜蘭、花蓮、台東、屏東滿州外海,西部的小琉球、屏東外海,以及屏東至東沙群島間的南中國海採獲本種的標本。"