Conidae 芋螺科:Shell conic or biconic, stout usually with low spire and large body whorl that occupies more than half of shell length. Aperture narrow and elongate. Surgface ornamented with growth lines, spiral lirae or grooves, granules and shoulder tubercles, and with various color markings, such as dots, clouds, spiral lines, axial stripes etc. Periostracum thin to thick, sometimes hairy. Operculum corneous, far smaller than apertural area, lunate with nuculeus situated downwards. Radular teeth only of marginal teeth often with a terminal barb. Nocturnal, piscivorous or molluscivorous or vermivorous. Diverse in tropical shallow waters. |
Senitfic Name |
Chinese Name |
omenclator |
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Conus aurisacus |
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Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Conus australis |
長芋螺 |
Holten, 1802 |
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Conus australis gabryae |
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Korn & Röckel, 1992 |
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Conus balteatus |
瘤肩芋螺 |
Sowerby I, 1833 |
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Conus bandanus |
花巾芋螺 |
Hwass in Bruguière, 1792 |
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Conus betulinus |
別緻芋螺 |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Conus biliosus |
麻點芋螺 |
(Roeding, 1798) |
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Conus biraghii omanensis |
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Moolenbeek & Coomans, 1993 |
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Conus boeticus |
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Reeve, 1843 |
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Conus boschorum |
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Moolenbeek & Coomans, 1993 |
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Conus bullatus |
紅棗芋螺 |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Conus caillaudii |
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Kiener, 1845 |
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Conus canonicus |
虎斑芋螺 |
Hwass, 1792 |
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Conus capitanellus |
瑪瑙芋螺 |
Fulton, 1938 |
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Conus capitaneus |
船長芋螺 |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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