Shell Family of Taiwan
Pleuroceridae 川蜷科 contain8 species in Taiwan,show1 - 8
 
Pleuroceridae 川蜷科Shell turreted, and thick, with many whorls. Surface typically sculptured with many narrow spiral ribs and thick axial ribs. Aperture semicircular with a distinct siphonal canal. Operculum circular, multispiral. This group had been formerly allocated in the Potamididae, and separated as a distinct family based on the differences of sperm and radula morphology, and structure of the female reproductive system.
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 Koreanomelania nodifila   (v. Martens, 1886)  
 Koreoleptoxis globus ovalis   Burch et Jung, 1987  
 Semisulcospira coreana   (v. Martens, 1886)  
 Semisulcospira dicksoni   Smith, 1878  
 Semisulcospira forticosta   (v. Martens, 1886)  
 Semisulcospira gottschei   (v. Martens, 1886)  
 Semisulcospira libertina 川蜷  (Gould, 1859)  
 Semisulcospira tregulata   (v. Martens, 1894)