貓耳塔螺

**貓耳塔螺**（學名：**）是一個海螺的物种，屬於小塔螺科的海洋腹足纲软体动物。

## 型態描述
殼長10&nbsp;mm到30&nbsp;mm。色白、平滑、質厚堅實，呈細長的卵形或水滴狀。

螺塔稍尖，縫合溝深。有縱肋，內唇有粗齒。殼表灰褐色有黑褐色雜斑。

## 分佈及棲息地
本物種見於以下各地：
* 印度洋
** 红海
** 马达加斯加、毛里求斯、坦桑尼亞
** 澳大利亞（西澳大利亚州）
* 西太平洋
** 澳大利亞（北領地、昆士蘭州）
** 新喀里多尼亞
** 印度尼西亚及菲律宾
** 泰國、馬來西亞
** 南海的海南島及西沙群島、台灣海峽及澎湖海域
** 日本列島及琉球群島
棲息於潮間帶至淺海泥沙底。

## 參考文獻

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### 參考書目
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## 外部連結

*
* To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) 
* To Encyclopedia of Life
* To World Register of Marine Species 
* Gastropods.com: ''Otopleura auriscati''; retrieved: 30 January 2012