Shell Family of Taiwan
Naticidae 玉螺科contain111 species in Taiwan,show1 - 15
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Naticidae 玉螺科Shell pyriform to globose, or discoidal, with large last whorl, and smooth or weakly sculptured surface. Outer lip of aperture not thickend, siphonal canal absent. Umbilicus closed or open, generally with prominent funicle. Operculum corneous or calcareous. Buried in sand and carnivorous, boring holes into other mollusc's shells to feed flesh.
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 Bulbus falavus falavus   (Gould, 1840)  
 Cryptonatica clausa   (Broderip et Sowerby, 1829)  
 Cryptonatica figurata   (Sowerby III, 1914)  
 Cryptonatica hirasei   (Pilsbry, 1905)  
 Cryptonatica janthostoma   (Deshayes, 1839)  
 Cryptonatica ranzii   (Kuroda, 1961)  
 Cryptonatica russa   (Gould, 1859)  
 Cryptonatica wakkanaiensis   Habe et Ito, 1984  
 Cryptonatica zenryumaruae   (Habe et Ito, 1976)  
 Eunaticina oblonga   (Reeve, 1864)  
 Eunaticina papilla 乳頭玉螺  (Gmelin, 1791)  
 Eunaticina papilla lamarckiana   (Recluz, 1843)  
 Glossaulax didyma hayashii   (Azuma, 1961)  
 Glossaulax didyma hosoyai   (Kuroda et Kira, 1959)  
 Glossaulax vesialis   (Philippi, 1849)