Shell Family of Taiwan
Fasciolariidae 旋螺科 contain62 species in Taiwan,show1 - 15
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Fasciolariidae 旋螺科Shell medium to large in size, robust with long anterior canal. Surface ornamented by thick axial ribs and spiral sculpture, frequently covered by velvety periostracum. Aperture oval. Outer lip not thickened with spiral cords on inner wall. Operculum leaf-shaped, downwardly situated nucleus. Soft part reddish. Central tooth of radula narrow with 3 cusps. Lateral tooth wide with many ctenoid cusps. Carnivorous. Three subfamilies in Japanese waters: Fasciolariinae is usually large in size, with shoulder knods, thin periostracum, and columellar folds. Peristerniinae has medium-sized shell ornamented by thick axial ribs overridden by slender spiral cords. Fusininae has shell of medium to large in size, ornamented by distinct spiral cords, covered by thick periostracum with no columellar folds and long anterior canal.
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 Acamptochetus daphnelloides   (Melvill & Standen, 1903)  
 Benimakia fastigium 斜肩旋螺  (Reeve, 1847)  
 Dolicholatirus lancea 長矛旋螺  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Fusinus arabicus   (Melvill, 1898)  
 Fusinus colus 紡軸長旋螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Fusinus crassiplicatus 縱肋長旋螺  Kira, 1959  
 Fusinus ferrugineus   Kuroda et Habe, 1961  
 Fusinus forceps 圓長旋螺  (Perry, 1811)  
 Fusinus forceps salisburyi 長旋螺  Fulton, 1930  
 Fusinus fragosusw   (Reeve)  
 Fusinus grabaui   Kuroda et Habe, 1952  
 Fusinus hyphalus 網紋旋螺  (M. Smith, 1940)  
 Fusinus longicaudus 枋準長旋螺  (Lamarck, 1816)  
 Fusinus nicobaricus 花斑長旋螺  (Roeding,1798)  
 Fusinus novaehollandiae   Reeve, 1848