Shell Family of Taiwan
Bursidae 蛙螺科contain34 species in Taiwan,show16 - 30
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Bursidae 蛙螺科Shell solid, short obese fusiform and dorso-ventrally depressed. Varix on lateral side fused with those of preceding and subsequent whorls. Aperture usually stained in yolloeish to reddish colors. Columellar lip with developed callus and plicae thereupon. Periostracum seldom remained. Operculum horny with centrally situated nucleus. Central tooth of radula with hind cusps. Carnivorous.
Senitfic Name
Chinese Name
omenclator
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 Bursa cruentata 血跡蛙螺  (Sowerby, 1835)  
 Bursa davidboschi   Beu, 1986  
 Bursa granularis 果粒蛙螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Bursa lamarckii 黑口蛙螺  (Deshayes, 1853)  
 Bursa muehlhaeusseri whiteform   Parth, 1900  
 Bursa rana   Linnaeus, 1758  
 Bursa rhodostoma 褐口蛙螺  (Beck in Sowerby II, 1835)  
 Bursa rhodostoma thomaeformabergeri   Tapparone-Canefri, 1880  
 Bursa rosa 紫口蛙螺  (Perry, 1811)  
 Bursa tuberosissima 突瘤蛙螺  (Reeve, 1844)  
 Tutufa bardeyi   (Jousseaume, 1894)  
 Tutufa bubo 大白蛙螺  (Linnaeus, 1758)  
 Tutufa bufo 紅口蛙螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Tutufa bufo f. robusta   (Roeding, 1798)  
 Tutufa nigrita   Mühlhäusser & Blöcher, 1979