Shell Family of Taiwan
Conidae 芋螺科contain214 species in Taiwan,show16 - 30
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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   Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus australis 長芋螺  Holten, 1802  
 Conus australis gabryae   Korn & Röckel, 1992  
 Conus balteatus 瘤肩芋螺  Sowerby I, 1833  
 Conus bandanus 花巾芋螺  Hwass in Bruguière, 1792  
 Conus betulinus 別緻芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus biliosus 麻點芋螺  (Roeding, 1798)  
 Conus biraghii omanensis   Moolenbeek & Coomans, 1993  
 Conus boeticus   Reeve, 1843  
 Conus boschorum   Moolenbeek & Coomans, 1993  
 Conus bullatus 紅棗芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758  
 Conus caillaudii   Kiener, 1845  
 Conus canonicus 虎斑芋螺  Hwass, 1792  
 Conus capitanellus 瑪瑙芋螺  Fulton, 1938  
 Conus capitaneus 船長芋螺  Linnaeus, 1758