彎角骨螺
彎角骨螺(學名:Bolinus cornutus)是一種掠食性的海蝸牛。[1]它們廣泛分佈在非洲西岸,喜歡中等水深的海域。它們的殼很大,有刺及呈棒狀,一般都是呈淡褐色或黃褐色,有筆直及很長的水管溝。
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彎角骨螺的殼 | |
科學分類 | |
界: | 動物界 Animalia |
門: | 軟體動物門 Mollusca |
綱: | 腹足綱 Gastropoda |
目: | 新腹足目 Neogastropoda |
科: | 骨螺科 Muricidae |
屬: | Bolinus屬 Bolinus |
種: | 彎角骨螺 B. cornutus
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二名法 | |
Bolinus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
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異名[1] | |
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特徵
彎角骨螺棲息在中等水深的海域,喜歡碎石或岩質基質。它們是肉食性及掠食性的。[2]
彎角骨螺含有豐富的紫色染料,一般稱為骨螺紫。這種染料是鰓下腺的黏液,用來防禦及協助掠食的。[2][3]
彎角骨螺的殼很厚大,有刺,呈棒狀,體螺層很闊。殼可以長達20厘米。螺旋部很低,體螺層有6-7個螺層,每個螺層有2條長而中空的刺。水管溝筆直及長,其上也有短刺。殼呈淡黃色或黃褐色,在體螺層上有3道深色的螺旋形斑紋。殼孔呈卵狀及白色,唇邊、瓣殼質及滑層呈杏黃色。殼的外表面都很粗糙。[4][2][5][6]
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參考
- ^ 1.0 1.1 Bolinus cornutus (Linnaeus, 1758). [2011-02-09]. (原始內容存檔於2011-04-27).
- ^ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Abbott, R. Tucker; Morris, Percy A. A Field Guide to Shells: Atlantic and Gulf Coasts and the West Indies. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 2001: 207. ISBN 9780618164394.
- ^ Joseph, Vercauteren; Chèze, Catherine; Triaud, J. Polyphenols 96: 18th International Conference on Polyphenols. Bordeaux, France: Editions Quae: 55. 15–18 July 1996. ISBN 9782738007964.
- ^ 4.0 4.1 Radwin, George E.; D'Attilio, Anthony. Murex shells of the world: an illustrated guide to the Muricidae. Standford University Press. 1976: 29. ISBN 9780804708975.
- ^ Ardovini, Roberto; Cossignani, Tiziano. West African seashells: including Azores, Madeira and Canary Islands. L'informatore piceno. 2004: 142. ISBN 9788886070119.
- ^ Rogers, Julia Ellen. The Shell Book. New York: Doubleday, Page & Company. 1908: 32. ISBN 9781419152924.
- ^ Abbott, Robert Tucker; Dance, S. Peter. Compendium of seashells: a color guide to more than 4,200 of the world's marine shells. American Malacologists. 1986: 138. ISBN 9780915826179.