貝歯の生薬学的研究(第3報) : 薬用とするタカラガイ類の検索

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Medical cowries called "Beichi (貝歯)" include shells of 19 species which belong to the superfamily Cypraecea, i.e. 1) Ovula (s. s.) ovum(L.), [family Ovulidae], 2) Cribraria (s. s.) cribraria (L.), 3) Cypraea tigris L., 4) Erosaria erosa(L.), 5) E. helvola (L.), 6) Erronea (s. s.) cylindrica (L.), 7) E. (s. s.) errones (L.), 8) Ficadusta pulchella (SWANINSON), 9) Lyncina vanelli (L.), 10) Mauritia (Arabica) arabica (I-.), 11) M. (A.) maculifera (SCHILDER), 12) M. (s. s.) mauritiana (L.), 13) Monetaria (s. s.) moneta (L.), 14) M. (Ornamentarid) annulus (L.), 15) Palmadusta artuffeli (JIYSSEAYNE), 16) Ponda (Mystaponda) vitellus (L.), 17) Purpuradusta gracilis (GASKOIN), 18) Ravitrona caputserpentis (L.), 19) Staphylaea (Nucleolaria) nucleus (L.), [2-19, family Cypraeidae] For the identification of these cowries outer characteristics such as shape, colour and patterns on shell surface, structure of the end of the outer lips of the cowries and shell cross section structure were examined with a photo microscope and SEM. A characteristic two crossed lamellar structure is observed in the cross section of the outer lips. These 19 species of cowries are listed in Table I in three groups, i. e. large cowries and cowry-like shells (larger than 50 mm), medium size cowries (30-50 mm long) and small cowries (smaller than 25 mm) with their morphological characteristics useful for their taxonomical identification.
日本生薬学会の論文
1982-09-20