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中文名稱:銀塔鐘螺
英文學名:Tectus pyramis
中文俗名:鐘螺
英文俗名:Pyram / Green Top Shell
日文俗名:ギンタカハマ
食性:藻食性
分布於新加坡、馬來西亞、印尼、中國大
陸、台灣,棲息於礁岩岸淺海底,夏季為產卵季,產卵常於夜間發生,適合產卵水溫約為24℃至28℃間,為澎湖經濟性食用貝類之一。
Distributes along Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, China and Taiwan. Inhabits shallow rocky shore. The breeding occurs at night in summer time. The proper spawning temperature is between 24-28 ℃. The species is highly valued as food.
中文名稱:馬蹄鐘螺
英文學名:Trochus niloticus
中文俗名:公螺 / 大馬蹄螺
英文俗名:Commercial trochus / Top shell
日文俗名:サラサバテイ
食性:藻食性
分布於熱帶印度洋、太平洋區域,棲息於
低潮線至浅海的珊瑚礁。其肉可食用,珍
珠層厚可加工為高級西裝服的鈕釦,具高經濟價值,澎湖資源量已盡。
Distributes over tropical Indo-pacific ocean. Inhabits between intertidal and shallow coral reefs. The species is commercially important and the quantity getting exhausted due to thick nacreous layers inside the shell as processed.