Shell Family of Taiwan
Columbellidae 麥螺科contain81 species in Taiwan,show1 - 15
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Columbellidae 麥螺科Shell small, fusiform to ovate, glossy with some sculpture. Outer lip usually thickened with some denticles within inner wall. Siphonal canal distinct. Operculum chitinous, oblong. Radula rachiglossate with truncate central tooth lacking cusp. Many species associated with algae. Carnivorous. Tropical to boreal waters, intertidal zone to bathyal depth.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
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 Aesopus spicula 花松虫螺  (Duclos, 1835)  
 Anachis donnae   Moolenbeek & Dance, 1994  
 Anachis fauroti   (Jousseaume, 1888)  
 Anachis liocyma 桃色牙螺  (Pilsbry, 1904)  
 Anachis misera 菩薩麥螺  (Sowerby, 1844)  
 Anachis raysutana   Smythe, 1985  
 Clathranachis japonica   (A. Adams, 1860)  
 Columbella aspersa   Sowerby, 1844  
 Columbella decussata   Nobis,  
 Columbella duclosiana   Sowerby, 1844  
 Columbella varians   Sowerby  
 Columbellopsis mindorensis   (Reeve, 1859)  
 Columbellopsis yabei   (Nomura, 1935)  
 Euplica borealis 駝背麥螺  (Plisbry, 1904)  
 Euplica deshayesi 狄氏麥螺  Crosse, 1859